Goodbye GP co-pay; hello new GP co-pay!

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I'm over asking people not to be abusive in politics, so I'm just deleting posts that are abusive even if they have reasonable argument.

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The new GP pay is going to hit everyone a lot harder than just paying the extra $5. Doctors don't get paid enough - or so they say and if this legislation is passed - initial consultations may end up costing $100 within a couple of years.

Please show proof that it was Abbott's idea.
Please show proof where everything is Abbott's fault.

Of course it's unlikely to have been Abbott's idea, but do you really think this new proposed policy would have been announced unless it had been run by him first for his approval?

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The GP Medicare reduction will do no such thing.

[Rorschach]

The new GP pay is going to hit everyone a lot harder than just paying the extra $5. Doctors don't get paid enough - or so they say and if this legislation is passed - initial consultations may end up costing $100 within a couple of years.

Please show proof that it was Abbott's idea.
Please show proof where everything is Abbott's fault.

Of course it's unlikely to have been Abbott's idea, but do you really think this new proposed policy would have been announced unless it had been run by him first for his approval?

Obviously clueless re policy development, Credlin and the PMO eh...