Last week’s announced changes to Medicare will take Australia one step further down the path to making health care a privilege rather than a right.
Bulk billing is already next to non-existent in many areas.
Under the changes, the rebate received will also be eroded over time.
This will hit the lower income members of society in particular and further discourage them from seeking medical advice until it is too late.
Household budgets are already under strain in many families. They don’t need an added burden when it comes to health care.
This country has, for a long time, had a good record of affordable medical care which is easily accessible to everyone, but unless the system is resuscitated, it will be lost forever.
