Mark Bishop (WA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Nash. I refer to the government's decision to cut bulk-billing incentives for medical imaging services and impose a new $7 GP tax. Is the minister aware of the statement by the Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association that:

Many people will simply be unable to afford it under the measures announced in this Budget—especially if they have to pay the full cost up front—and many conditions will therefore go undiagnosed.

Minister, is the Australian Diagnostic Imaging Association correct?