I would love to talk to media regarding out of pocket GAP payments as I paid approx $7000 from timeif diagnosis to and including lumpectomy for tests and surgery. AND we pay $480 a month to Medibank Private for top hospital and extras.
I have a detailed list of those expenses. And now realise how & why it happened that way. My breast surgeon charged about $3000 GAP for surgery then did not tick any “bulk bill” boxes on ANY testseven though I’m on a seniors pension and have not paid gaps for blood or other tests before since having a pension card.
South Coast Radiology are the major xray, ultra sound, MRI company on the Gold Coast yet not all of their premises ‘recognise’ pension or health care card holders. ????
I have just last week been admitted into the public breast care team and already they’ve given me more info and help that I’d had in the private system.
For the future I’ll be going public and using our Medibank Private benefits in the public hospitals. I’ve never had a breast care nurse for the year + in private system but have mobile numbers and hospital numbers for 24/7 help. They do their check ups every 3 months also. And FTEE MRI, bone scans, ultra sounds, FNA ETC ETC. AND they supply free bras, compression sleeves and do lymphoma massages and showed me how to do the lymphatic drainage.
Im converted to public health. Expensive health people & tests aren’t always best. You don’t always get what you PAY for.
