Bulk-billing boost will play well … but the health crisis remains
Labor’s cash injection is no panacea for our ailing medical system and it could well backfire.
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Doctors v PM: every GP visit for free is a fantasy, say medicos
Labor’s flagship $8.5bn election policy promising Australians won’t need a credit card to see a doctor has sparked a growing backlash from doctors, who insist many GPs won’t make the switch and not all patients will be bulk-billed.
What general practice doctors say about Labor’s bulk-billing plan
A range of GPs and medical leaders have questioned how many doctors will take up Labor’s plan to encourage full bulk-billing. We ask seven doctors for their views.
Obstetricians face early retirement amid private birth unit shutdowns
For 20 years, Dr Anusha Lazzari’s life was a relentless haze of hard work. But all her training and experience was laid to waste now that private births are no longer possible in parts of Australia.
Radical new prostate cancer detection guidelines released to save lives
New draft guidelines are set to revolutionise the way prostate cancer is detected, radically overhauling decades-old current recommendations doctors use to guide practice
Fall in private births a $1bn budget threat
The shutdown of private birthing units is set to blow the national health budget, with new modelling showing the decline of private births could cost taxpayers an extra $1bn a year.
Scarred by tragedy, now choice is lost
Karine Foulkes’ world is full of joy following the birth of 12-week-old Kirby Frankie. But she suffers daily grief of the most agonising kind.
Warning siren sounds for birth safety as private hospitals close
Starkly different rates of neonatal death and birth injury apparent across different models of maternity care have been revealed in early figures from one of the biggest births datasets ever examined.
NDIS says no to giving Finley new voice
Thousands of claims just like Finley Coll’s are being fought in the Administrative Appeals Tribunal by people with a disability. There can be ‘long, crazy process’ before that happens.
NDIS spends $1bn-plus on fees for middlemen managers
Billions of dollars a year in NDIS funding is being soaked up by middlemen plan managers and support co-ordinators who are arguably no longer necessary and drain taxpayer funds that should be spent directly on people with disabilities.
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