Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Oct 2018
Private health fund changes to push patients back to public hospitals
4 October 2018 - Under radical health fund changes, more than 100,000 people needing surgery on bones, joints, ligaments, tendons and muscles will be pushed back into the already overstretched public hospital system or have to pay more for cover.
Doctors are also warning thousands more who need spine surgery and pain management will also be forced on to public hospital waiting lists.
Under the government’s changes, health funds will only have to cover these procedures in the highest-priced Gold policies.
Doctors are in revolt over the changes due to take effect in April.
