The federal health minister,Sussan Ley, has agreed some patients could be worse off but says pathology companies should absorb the shortfallWomen will own to pay for pap smears under changes to rebates for pathology services, or Labor and the Greens own warned.
The federal government announced in its budget update in December that it would scrap the bulk-billing incentive it pays to health professionals for pathology services and reduce the incentive for diagnostic imaging. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com