Robert Oakeshott (Lyne, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Prime Minister, more than 30,000 Australians who had Medicare claims for cataract surgery between 1 November last year and 1 February this year are hundreds of dollars out of pocket due to the repeated failure of this place and the Senate to pass proposed changes to the Medicare rebate. Prime Minister, will you review the case of 72-year-old Port Macquarie pensioner Patricia Parker, who through no fault of her own is $758 out of pocket after falling victim to this political episode, with your consideration of compensation for out-of-pocket expenses for her and the 30,000 other Australians unfairly affected?

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