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One million Australians missing specialist doctor appointments due to cost, report finds
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 15 Jun 2025
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IMO there needs to be some regulation around this, a simple measure would be to tie Medicare payments to a pricing structure(eg. a specialist can only charge the Medicare rebate + 20%).
If a specialist wants to charge more then that's fine but the patient(or insurance) will have to pay the full cost
I second this, but make it +0% or else 100% private.
Honestly, we need most medicos to be employees, and they can start a union to keep conditions and pay appropriate.
Our subsidy system is just funneling money into practice owner's pockets, who set prices based on supply and demand, which is a fucked way to run a healthcare system.
Let's just pay the average medico more, while skipping all the profits were subsidising.