Destroying Medicare By Degrees

According to the minister, the measure is intended to reduce the "gap" between the Medicare benefit and the fee which doctors charge, increasing the attractiveness of private insurance. [...]as experience from the 1950s onwards shows, every time a government increased its subsidies to try...

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Published inCanberra times
Main Author Gray, Gwen
Format Newspaper Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Canberra, A.C.T Rural Press Pty Ltd Australian Community Media (ACM) 12.09.1998
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Cesarean section
Health insurance
Health services
Medicare
Womens health
Australia
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Summary:According to the minister, the measure is intended to reduce the "gap" between the Medicare benefit and the fee which doctors charge, increasing the attractiveness of private insurance. [...]as experience from the 1950s onwards shows, every time a government increased its subsidies to try to reduce charges to patients, doctors simply raised their fees, leaving the "gap" as wide as ever. [...]the new benefit is a major concern from a women's health perspective.
ISSN:0157-6925