This outcome was inevitable.
https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/unfit-medicare-syste…
Many medical centre are dodgy and charge for services that were never provided. No wonder many GPs drive high end luxury cars (Land Rover, Porche, Mercedes etc.) and own multi-million dollar houses.
Regardless of the topic, seeing polls with loaded questions, or polls with multiple choice options that use unbalanced scales makes me irrationally angry.
At some point the managers need to manage.
Hate speech is not free speech
Anything where they get to bill the govt gets corrupted, look at NDIS.
Interesting CNBC video talks about medicare/medicaid fraud in the US, $100B/yr.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OqK_6Nor98U
With a fraction of that cost, could fund better auditing and governing of claims. Australia's issues don't seem anywhere near as bad as it seems in the U.S. even when scaling by population.
Industries that rely on Medicare or the NDIS for income always have bad apples. The government essentially relies on an honour system for claiming and there is no where near enough oversight. I think in the 15 years I've worked in my industry we've had one audit from Medicare.
Need more poll options, with more nuance separating each option.
Yes an option like,
Do you think I am an ideologue with an axe to grind because I lost out on a position in health, and/or hate my (lizard loving) employer in this field.
Modernise medicare card to include chip that must be rapped on by patients for each visit, Anyone found to be deliberately rorting the system loses licence to practice.
Obviously the $368b so generously gifted by Australia to the US military industrial complex isn't going to fund itself, so we are now being told we have to cut out so-called 'rorts' in healthcare, social spendings, other Defence priorities etc and at the time increase taxes significantly on everyday working Australians.
Free universal healthcare since Medicare was founded by Bob Hawke in 1984 have ended in Australia with the loss of bulkbilling doctors and ED long wait times, and I honestly believe we will eventually end up with an expensive healthcare system like US where the Military Industrial Complex has entrenched itself and which over decades had leached trillions off the US budget over healthcare/education/welfare.
my clinic says that i need a in person visit at least once every 12 month so I can still be eligible for a rebate yet the only times I every really need to see a doctor is if I have viral or bacterial infections. And since covid they won't allow you to see the doctor when you're showing symptoms of coughing, sore throat, fever, etc (ie main things you used to go to see a doctor for)so I've been resorted to telehealth. But the stupid thing is now Im ineligible for a rebate because I haven't had an in person visit for over a year because I've been following their protocol and doing telehealth
This is a rule imposed by the Commonwealth. Affects every clinic.
Maybe pop in every 12 months for the flu vaccine that way you’ll have less risk of the influenza viral infections and you’ll be up to date if you do need to see the gp via telehealth in between. Unless of course you are like many of who get the flu vaccine at work. Another option is that many clinics offer bulk billed skin checks which are good to do anyway and then you’re registered with them for telehealth in the future.
OP, which professions are allowed to drive luxury cars and own multi-million dollar houses?
Tradies, real estate agents, car salesmen, bankers, politicians and whatever profession OP works in.
Everyone else should do their jobs completely out of altruism, especially doctors who have the highest training burden of any profession.
Great company your putting GPs in there. Real estate agents, constantly under scrutiny for shady practices and lots of rules come out of that, Bankers… remember GFC and cause? Car salesmen…no need to fake offense if ur one, we know you're proud when make a shonky sale. Politicians…we've had even prime ministers boast of lying and too drunk at work to vote on bills and we know most work for their corporate donors. Tradies, some absolute great ones & some bad ones but definitely some thieves and scammers in the bunch.
Woosh
The problem is not with the luxury cars and the multi-million dollar houses. If the system can be "rort-ed" then the problem is with the system which must be changed. Don't blame the "rorters". Just like the tax system, lots of loopholes which are exploitable only to few riches.
These are what need to be done: 1) Stop all bulk billing and only allow direct claim to the Medicare by individuals. 2) Use the fund to employ GPs at all public hospitals (or create new government-owned medical centres) and let them provide free or low-cost services to compete with the private sector.
Stop privatising the profit and publicising the loss.
So don't blame a thief for stealing something than can be stolen?
It's a figurative speech. Of course you blame the thief. But would you still do nothing so instead of preventing that something to be stolen, you run around in circles trying to catch an uncatchable thief?
GP refused the consultation, bulk billed it anyway. I couldn't even find a way to dispute it.
How would you know that happened? They wouldn't have sent you an invoice?
Check your mygov and see if a consultation is there. If there is fraud: https://www1.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Cont…
I thought corruptions only happen in authoritarian countries.
The AMA are a `^ ing disgrace and I thank God they don't have the power of NSW Clubs .
Lol what about bank CEOs and managers…no talk corruption in the bank ?
I wonder what wonderful health system the OP left behind and what stellar corruption free model of govt systems she would like to replicate here?
So OP has irrefutable evidence of this endemic corruption?
You have to notify all relevant authorities and put these GPs and health professionals away for a very long time!
Roast the evildoers I say
Sorry i forgot everybody makes 400k here.