Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2018
You can spend your super on boob jobs and weight loss surgery but not operations to fix crippling back pain
16 June 2018 - Patients desperate to fix crippling back pain with life-changing surgery overseas are being told they can’t access their super early while people having cosmetic procedures can.
Women have been allowed to withdraw $24,000 from their super for revisionary breast augmentation, while others have accessed $25,000 to fund gastric sleeve surgery to address weight loss issues.
But at least two Aussie men are struggling to get their applications approved to travel to Germany for specialised spine surgery.
