STOP THE FREEZE!

The issue

Stop the Freeze on Medicare Rebates.

It was announced in the budget last night that the freeze on Medicare rebates, commenced in 2012, will be continued until 2020. This means the rebate your GP receives when they choose to bulk bill you has not increased in four years and will not increase for four more.

In that time, just like everywhere, their costs have increased. They still have to pay their nurses, their receptionists, their phone bills and the rents for their offices.

Medicare is YOUR universal health insurance. It is YOUR rebate. Do not let the government destroy it.

By freezing the medicare rebate the government is directly attacking those services that care for the disadvantaged which rely solely on the Medicare rebate - such as aboriginal health services and those that care for the poor.

Affordable primary health care is essential for all Australians. Help save it.

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https://ama.com.au/sites/default/files/documents/GAPS%20POSTER%20_0.pdf

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The issue

Stop the Freeze on Medicare Rebates.

In that time, just like everywhere, their costs have increased. They still have to pay their nurses, their receptionists, their phone bills and the rents for their offices.

Medicare is YOUR universal health insurance. It is YOUR rebate. Do not let the government destroy it.

Affordable primary health care is essential for all Australians. Help save it.

#youvebeentargeted

#nomedicarefreeze

https://ama.com.au/sites/default/files/documents/GAPS%20POSTER%20_0.pdf

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The Decision Makers

Catherine King,

Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development

Responded

“Australians are passionate about Medicare, and the response to this petition highlights how strongly we will resist any government that tries to undermine universal health care. There is no doubt Malcolm Turnbull’s Medicare freeze will destroy Medicare by driving down bulk billing and forcing patients to pay more. If the freeze is not stopped, doctors estimate they will have to charge patients an extra $20, three times more than Tony Abbott’s GP Tax. And the freeze is just the start with the Government also setting up a secret taskforce to privatise the Medicare payments system. If this government is re-elected then Medicare as we know it will be gone. That is why Labor has announced we will end Malcolm Turnbull’s Medicare freeze, and restore bulk billing. That is why Labor will scrap Malcolm Turnbull’s $5 hike in prescriptions. That is why Labor will put an end to the privatisation of Medicare. Only by voting for Labor on July 2nd can you ensure Medicare survives and continues to provide the world class health care that all Australians are entitled to. Thank you once again for your support for Medicare, and for standing up for the right of all Australians to affordable world class health care. Catherine King MP”

Catherine King

Shadow Minister for Infrastructure, Transport and Regional Development

Responded