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Maxymoo
5 years agoMember
Breast cancer predominantly affects women who are more financially disadvantaged than men. Lower incomes, less super/ retirement income, time out of the workforce due to child rearing etc. The Federal government sneakily changed the Medicare rebates as of the 1/7 when everyone was focussed on COVID making the out of pockets even for public patients exorbitant, especially radiation therapy. The costs are so high I fear some people may not go ahead with treatment. We need to fight back! They know we’re worn out from cancer treatment and won’t have the energy or resources to do much. If your interested in this topic feel free to message me privately.
I can’t help much with out of pocket private health insurance gaps, private health insurance has always been a flawed product and when my partner was recently retrenched we had to give it up. I had to go public for my surgery which was free, chemo some minor out of pocket but radiation $8000 upfront! Toooooo much
I can’t help much with out of pocket private health insurance gaps, private health insurance has always been a flawed product and when my partner was recently retrenched we had to give it up. I had to go public for my surgery which was free, chemo some minor out of pocket but radiation $8000 upfront! Toooooo much
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