GP’s anger at Labor’s bulk-billing pledge: ‘I went through all the stages of grief’
An RACGP faculty chair has described going through “all the stages of grief” after the Federal Government decided to expand higher bulk-billing incentives to all…
Tag: Policy
As a doctor, how would you feel going to ED, telling other doctors you planned to kill yourself and being sent away? Let me tell you
When we have an MI come through ED, they are given the gold-star treatment — because MIs will kill you. Never are you told, “Sorry,…
We will publish the fees each individual specialist is charging: Mark Butler’s pledge
A re-elected Labor Government will publish the fees that individual non-GP specialists are charging for common services, Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler…
Govt to cut time limit for doctors lodging bulk-billed Medicare claims
The Senate is preparing to vote on laws that would cut the time limit for lodging bulk-billed claims from two years after the service took…
Call to make Govt’s medical fee website ‘opt-out only’ for specialists
Private health insurers want the Federal Government’s $24 million specialist fee website to go opt-out only, forcing doctors to publish their fees unless they proactively…
Why this GP (still) supports Mark Butler’s $1 billion urgent care centres
Associate Professor John Adie knows his enthusiastic support for the Federal Government’s urgent care centres is at odds with many GPs, as well as the…
Peter Dutton’s nuclear plan is a threat to our patients’ health
Opposition leader Peter Dutton’s scheme to build seven nuclear reactors has raised concerns about the high cost, the ongoing excess atmospheric carbon as we wait…
VAD for those tired of life? We shouldn’t be forced to stay around for the end of the last act
Last month, Victorian Health Minister Mary-Anne Thomas pledged changes to relax the state’s voluntary assisted dying (VAD) legislation. So, are these sensible improvements designed to…
Anthony Albanese promises even more urgent care clinics: ‘80% of Aussies will live within 20 minutes of one’
The Prime Minister has committed to expanding the urgent care clinic network from 87 to 137 even though the independent evaluation of whether the clinics…
Can doctors do anything about the deepfake medical misinformation threat?
Last December, endocrinologist Professor Jonathan Shaw discovered that an AI deepfake version of himself was calling doctors “idiots” for treating diabetes with metformin. He struggled…
