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Originally Posted by Baddad
The $7 for free GP visits will have the desired affect in reducing the number of trivial visits. Because if its not free anymore people will think twice before adding to the medical burden. I have seen, "Johnny needs a splinter removed and Johnny scraped his knee. It bleeds when he squeezes it.
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I agree with this. Paying for Doctor visits. in 94 it would cost me about $40.00 to see a GP back home. So as you say you don't go there for a nose bleed. Having said that, each GP practice is private. So it's natural selection. The good ones get the customers, the bad ones close doors. In turn the service you get for your 40 bucks was second to none.
Come to Australia, I was surprised to hear Medicare, Bulk billing, free, etc... That was foreign to me. There's no such things as freebee.
$7 is nothing really. It's gonna clear all the waiting rooms of all the bludgers for sure.