GPs
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One in five patients skip treatment due to out-of-pocket costs
The survey also found 40 per cent of private hospital patients were being slugged with out-of-pocket specialist fees of more than $1000 – and many weren’t informed of all costs in advance.
- Broede Carmody and Henrietta Cook
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- Medicare
GPs believe this one change to bulk-billing could save Australians $42 a visit
Analysis suggests that extending bulk-billing incentives to under-35s would save young people $42 a visit in average doctor’s fees, while preventing 9000 hospitalisations.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
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- Menopause
College of GPs pulls support from menopause event as experts criticise influencer claims
The college said the So Hot Right Now conference, where the headline speaker is high-profile British GP Louise Newson, was no longer deemed eligible to be credited as professional development for GPs.
- Wendy Tuohy
The Sydney suburbs missing out on free GP visits
NSW Health Minister Ryan Park said the collapse of bulk-billing was putting pressure on the state’s hospitals and urged the federal government to prioritise Medicare reform.
- Angus Thomson
This virus is surging in China. In NSW, it’s already passed
Cases of human metapneumovirus have declined in NSW, while health authorities continue to monitor elevated COVID infections over the festive period.
- Angus Thomson
We need to exercise common sense before trundling off to a GP
A substantial number of patients who see a GP are suffering a minor ailment or illness that resolves on its own.
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- Medicare
What bulk-billing? The group missing out on cheaper GP visits
Children and older Australians were better off last year under the government’s $3.5 billion boost to bulk-billing. But adults aged 16 to 64 are paying more.
- Natassia Chrysanthos
Coalition haunted by its anti-Medicare history
Liberal spokesperson Anne Ruston claims that “the Coalition always has, and always will, invest in Medicare”. Well, except when under Malcolm Fraser they demolished Medibank and opposed any changes to the ramshackle health scheme we had.
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- Medicare
Bulk-billing at centre of Labor election pitch, attack on Dutton
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is gearing up to make major boosts to bulk-billing, urgent care clinics and the GP workforce, playing up a contrast to Peter Dutton.
- Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos
- Investigation
- Medical Misogyny
‘Almost killed me’: 1000 women dismissed, left in pain and misdiagnosed
More than a thousand women have shared their disturbing encounters with the medical system as part of an investigation into medical misogyny.
- Carrie Fellner and Emily Kaine
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