FOUR CORNERS PROGAM ABC 2 MONDAY NIGHT 8.30
Hi Everyone.I just saw the tail end of an ad for Monday night's Four Corners Program on the ABC , all about 'bill shock' in the medical system,should be interesting! @Janie304 it might help you with y...
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@PatsyN yes that was very interesting with the chap with Prostrate Cancer.
There's a trust in the system that you have been referred to the correct specialist however it would seem that perhaps a referral to a Radiation Oncologist may have been a better choice - but how as a patient, new to a disease would one know that!
The system is far from perfect and interestingly enough they also inferred that if you live in what is considered an affluent area then the cost to you would be greater than someone who's postcode maybe seen as low socio-economic!
Go figure!
There's a trust in the system that you have been referred to the correct specialist however it would seem that perhaps a referral to a Radiation Oncologist may have been a better choice - but how as a patient, new to a disease would one know that!
The system is far from perfect and interestingly enough they also inferred that if you live in what is considered an affluent area then the cost to you would be greater than someone who's postcode maybe seen as low socio-economic!
Go figure!