Medicare changes will cause system chaos and affect people’s health, says Labor | 7NEWS

7NEWS Australia published this video item, entitled “Medicare changes will cause system chaos and affect people’s health, says Labor | 7NEWS” – below is their description.

“A few years ago, when we raised the fact that the Coalition didn’t really support Medicare, they called it ‘Mediscare’. They said it wasn’t real. They professed to support Medicare as a system. And yet what we’re seeing – these 900 separate changes, with very little notice, that will create chaos in the health system and that doctors are warning will have a real impact on people’s health – is a government that just doesn’t get it.” – Labor Leader Anthony Albanese

Labor has slammed the federal government’s overhaul to the Medicare Benefits Schedule – which comes into effect on July 1 – that will see more than 900 items, including general, heart and orthopaedic surgeries, undergo rebate changes. Read more: https://7news.link/3cosIqe

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