Medical specialists might evacuate rural and regional areas as a result of the Federal Government's plan to means test the private health insurance rebate, warn two MPs who are threatening to sink it.
Rob Oakshott, independent MP for Lyne – an area around Port Macquarie and Taree in NSW – told Gastroenterology Update he was worried a drop in private health insurance could push specialists out of rural and regional areas like his electorate.
“It’s taken a long time to build up a network of specialists in Port Macquarie and Taree and it’s a fine balance between private and public work. The private work is a critical part of [the specialists’] business model,” he said.
Tony Crook, the federal member for O’Connor in WA,...
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