Catryna Bilyk (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Assistant Minister for Health, Senator Nash. I refer to the minister's answer in the Senate on Monday when she said arrangements for the co-payment are ultimately a matter for the GPs. Is the minister aware of comments by the President of the Rural Doctors Association of Australia, Dr Ian Kamerman, that rural doctors will face a tough choice to force more of their struggling patients to make the co-payment or to treat more of their patients free of charge? Is the Rural Doctors Association of Australia right?