Experts decry Labor’s ‘appalling’ plan cut to number of Medicare psychologist sessions
by Josh Butler from on (#66SKA)
Health minister maintains reform is needed and other mental health advocates back wholesale changes to Better Access system
The federal government is under pressure to scrap controversial plans to halve the number of annual Medicare-backed psychologist appointments, amid claims it has disregarded a key finding of the top level report it relied upon to justify the decision.
The health minister, Mark Butler, maintains reform of the Better Access system is needed, saying the former government's model led to ballooning wait times and denied access to new patients and those on low incomes.
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