House debates

Thursday, 2 October 2014

Questions without Notice

Health Care

2:58 pm

Photo of Peter DuttonPeter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

I went to the fee schedule. If you are in South Australia—and this is not just for all South Australians, but a concession card holder on low income—what does the Labor Party say to that person if they need emergency dental care? The co-payment is $55—not $3 or $4 or $7, but $55. This is a sanctimonious and hypocritical lot over there lecturing us about economic management and surpluses, none of which they ever delivered on, and now it turns out that Labor is charging $55. But if you are a concession card holder in South Australia on a very low income, it does not stop there. If you need dental services, there is no $3 or $4 co-payment for a dental service. If you need a general dental service, it is $155.

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