Only 20 doctors listing fees on Australian government’s $24m medical costs comparison website
by Natasha May from World news | The Guardian on (#6NAWB)
Disclosure in Senate estimates comes in response to David Pocock's questions about astounding' out of pocket fees for private surgery in ACT
Only 20 doctors are disclosing their fees on the federal government's $24m medical costs comparison website, despite the health department encouraging patients to shop around for affordable specialist care.
The Medical Costs Finder website was a $2.5m initiative launched in 2019 by the former Coalition government to help patients find and understand typical costs for private procedures.
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