It Was Utterly Predictable This Web Initiative From The Federal Government Would Fail. Hard To Know Why They Press On!

This appeared last week: 'Patients the losers' despite $17m lift for 'white elephant' medical costs website By Dana McCauley October 11, 2020 — 11.40pm The federal government's decision to pour another $17 million into its medical costs finder website – dubbed a "white elephant" due to its failure to tell patients how much they will actually have to pay for procedures – has attracted scorn from patient groups and doctors. A Health D epartment spokesman said the additional funding would be used to develop "the individual fee disclosure component" of the website it spent $2.5 million building last year, but that doctor participation would be voluntary. Australian Patients Association chief executive Stephen Mason said the website was a white elephant that "won’t put an end to out-of-pocket bill shock for patients", and that the $17 million funding boost would not "improve fee transparency". "We will be surprised if any additional doctors and specialists will voluntarily agree to sign up... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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