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...better friend to Medicare." Like Labor, the Government will reward doctors who bulk bill. But it will also give more money back to patients charged upfront for their consultation. It's saying, in effect: bulk billing is important, but so is the right of doctors to charge above the standard fee when they see fit. Having abandoned plans to euthanize it, the Coalition is shaping Medicare as less a universal program than a safety net for lowish-income families, who receive an 80% discount on out-of-pocket medical bills exceeding $A300 a year. (For higher income families, the discount...
While most doctors favor the Coalition platform, neither party is promising them what they believe they deserve. "G.P.s feel very undervalued," says Australian Medical Association vice president Mukesh Haikerwal, who argues the standard rebate is roughly half what it should be considering the costs of running a practice. Many G.P.s feel that seven years of training and over 6,000 consultations a year entitle them to an annual income higher than the $A120,000 the average G.P. earns. They also resent any plan aimed at controlling their charging. "I forewarn the Labor Party," says A.M.A. president Bill Glasson...
...aware of what Tribe was doing when I first read his book,” Abraham told The Standard. “But I chose not to do anything at the time. I’ve never confronted him—and I was wrong in not following it up. I should have done something about...
Abraham told The Standard that Tribe is “a big mahatma and thinks he can get away with this sort of thing...
...website, and security at the gate was beefed up. None of that hampered the hybrid entertainment unfolding within. Boardwalk barkers persevered ("Arright, at the sound of the buzzer, you want to press both buttons on the gun") but competed with a bazaar offering stylish Islamic headwear and Koranic commentaries. Standard food concessions were shuttered in favor of ritually correct halal vendors like Shalimar and Kabob King. There was no opposite-sex canoodling, and halter tops and shorts were replaced by a vast array of hijab head scarves and ankle-length jilbabs and abayas...