Alex Gallacher (SA, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Is the minister aware of comments by the President of the Rural Doctors Association, Dr Ian Kamerman, that doctors who waive the co-payment will be hit by a further cut in the Medicare payment for these consultations, further eroding what are, in many cases, rural practices that are already only marginally financially viable? Is the Rural Doctors Association correct?