• threeduck@aussie.zone
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    10
    ·
    edit-2
    8 months ago

    Our (Australian) right wing government stopped increasing the amount they pay doctors when people visit, and the new left wing government isn’t doing anything either.

    So now I have to “co-pay” $30 whenever I visit, when it used to be free. I found that so outrageous that next time, I’m travelling half an hour to go to a clinic that still “bulk bills” (read: doesn’t charge the patient).

    If I was an American I think I’d just die of rage. I wonder how much that’d cost me.

    Edit: Oops, turns out our new left wing government just recently INCREASED the GP payment rate, so hopefully we’ll see more bulk billing places return.

    • dotMonkey@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      2
      ·
      8 months ago

      I hope the number of bulk billing places starts to increase again. I get scared thinking about how we’re becoming more and more like the US.