
Dr Sam
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Dr Sam
@DrSamHay
General Practitioner: Your Doctors group | Army veteran | #DrKiis @kyleandjackieo | @kidspot | 😘 @majtv22





'They don't give a s***': Pharmacy Guild president Trent Twomey was brought to tears over government changes to prescription medication rules. Read about the changes here: trib.al/cif5cMO


Strongly agree with @amapresident It's hard to see this as anything other than a play by States and Territories to cost shift Medicare money into their treasuries. It will make primary care more expensive and erode any benefit from rebate increases. It's a tax on patients.

Woo hoo @ChrisMinnsMP : but what are you & the @NSWLabor going to do about the #sicktax? The impending #payrolltax debacle will decimate #generalpractice and put even more pressure on the public hospitals. #whogetsmyvote?@RACGP @RACGPPresident @amapresident #auspol

Chris Minns will discuss ramping and elective surgery waiting lists. twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1…

Our health system is in crisis and we need action. As @savannahmeacham reports - more and more practices are walking away from bulk billing. The solution lies in boosting investment in general practice care so that no patients are left behind. #Medicare 9news.com.au/national/bulk-…


‘The state treasurers and premiers need to understand that there is no capacity in general practice to absorb this additional tax burden,’ says @RACGP Vice-President Dr Bruce Willett. bit.ly/3Fog0X3


The Sick Tax will cripple general practice care. As @RACGP Mid North NSW Coast GP Dr Deb King told @JonesAlexandraR and Luisa Rubbo - smaller practices will be hit hardest, meaning regional and rural areas already starved of doctors will suffer the most. abc.net.au/news/2023-03-0…



