Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2017
Cancers and other illnesses are going undetected because patients can’t afford $100 bill for scans
6 July 2017 - Illnesses like cancer are going undetected in 300,000 Australians because they can’t afford the scans to diagnose or monitor the progress of their disease.
Medicare rebates have been frozen for two decades and the Federal Government now faces a damaging campaign from the radiology industry.
The radiology industry is claiming Malcolm Turnbull has broken a 2016 election pledge to make scans more affordable.
