Our (Australian) right wing government stopped increasing the amount they pay doctors when people visit, and the new left wing government isn’t doing anything either.
So now I have to “co-pay” $30 whenever I visit, when it used to be free. I found that so outrageous that next time, I’m travelling half an hour to go to a clinic that still “bulk bills” (read: doesn’t charge the patient).
If I was an American I think I’d just die of rage. I wonder how much that’d cost me.
Edit: Oops, turns out our new left wing government just recently INCREASED the GP payment rate, so hopefully we’ll see more bulk billing places return.
Our (Australian) right wing government stopped increasing the amount they pay doctors when people visit, and the new left wing government isn’t doing anything either.
So now I have to “co-pay” $30 whenever I visit, when it used to be free. I found that so outrageous that next time, I’m travelling half an hour to go to a clinic that still “bulk bills” (read: doesn’t charge the patient).
If I was an American I think I’d just die of rage. I wonder how much that’d cost me.
Edit: Oops, turns out our new left wing government just recently INCREASED the GP payment rate, so hopefully we’ll see more bulk billing places return.
I hope the number of bulk billing places starts to increase again. I get scared thinking about how we’re becoming more and more like the US.