Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2017
Why health funds are prevented from paying for this lifesaving medical device
3 September 2017 - A crazy bureaucratic Catch 22 means 40,000 Aussies can’t get a health fund rebate for a life saving procedure to correct their irregular heart beat and prevent a stroke.
The $9000 medical device used in the catheter ablation procedure can only be funded by health funds if it is on the government’s Prostheses List.
It can’t get on the Prostheses List because it does not stay inside the body after the procedure, it is removed.
