House debates Questions without Notice
Health Care
Ms Catherine King Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Health
2:20 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. Yesterday during question time the Prime Minister said:
The propositions that are being put by members opposite are simply false. They are simply false.
How is the Prime Minister's information different to that of the Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association, which says that general patients could pay up to $2,207 in up-front costs to have liver metastasis diagnosed? Does the Prime Minister not understand the pain that his unfair and chaotic budget is inflicting on Australians, or does he just not care?
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
The Prime Minister has the call and will ignore the last part of the question, as it is argument and out of order.
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
2:21 pm
As the member who asked the question would well know, in the end what people are charged is a matter for the doctors. That is a matter for the doctors.
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Opposition Members:
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Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
There will be silence while the question is answered!
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
But the same support will be in place for doctors who charge a $7 co-payment as is currently in place for those who bulk-bill patients.