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Jane221
8 years agoMember
I hear you @lrb_03, here in NSW I was told you had to basically be on the poverty line to get any rebate for the compression garments and like you and @Afraser, I need to have custom ones so it is not cheap. I do get some rebate from my private health fund for the sleeves but needing to have massages / therapy at least once a month (and for a while there it was weekly) the 5 medicare visits and the private health cover ran out pretty quickly. It's frustrating that there isn't equity across the States, but even more frustrating is the lack of general support for what is a chronic condition - the least that could be done is to increase the 5 medicare visits to 10. The ongoing financial / emotional impact of breast cancer is something I struggle with all the time.
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