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Some Australians now pay $195.00 to jump Australian PublicHospital Emergency Room Queues and then pay fee for medical services out ofpocket



 
 
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Old June 4th, 2010, 06:44 PM posted to alt.activism.death-penalty,uk.politics.misc,aus.politics,soc.retirement,rec.travel.europe
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Default Some Australians now pay $195.00 to jump Australian PublicHospital Emergency Room Queues and then pay fee for medical services out ofpocket

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Some Australians now pay $195.00 to jump Australian Public Hospital
Emergency Room Queues and then pay fee for medical services out of
pocket


MONEY NEWS STORY PAGE
Pay $195 to jump queues at casualty
By Sue Dunlevy From: The Daily Telegraph February 25, 2010 1:41am


Patients have become frustrated with lengthy queues at emergency
departments at public hospitals, where waiting times are often over an
hour / The Daily Telegraph


Standalone clinics will deal with minor injuries


For full fee treatment guaranteed within one hour


Frustration at long waiting times in public hospitals


PATIENTS who pay $195 can jump the queues at hospital emergency
departments when the nation's largest health fund opens its first
standalone clinic today.


Medibank is guaranteeing patients with minor injuries and illnesses
will be treated within one hour at its first Rapid Care Clinic in
Brisbane.


The fund is confident it will have a Sydney facility operating in
June.


The clinics, staffed by specialist emergency doctors, will deal with
urgent but non-life-threatening medical conditions such as broken
bones, sprain, cuts and minor burns, viruses, headaches, earaches and
sore eyes.


Twenty thousand patients a month wait more than the clinically-
recommended one hour to be treated in the clogged emergency
departments in public hospitals.


Single mother Kylie Endycott, who spent five hours at Sydney's Royal
Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday after her one-year-old son Beau had
difficulty breathing, said the clinics were a great idea but thought
fees could be altered for different family situations.


Almost 170,000 people using a public hospital emergency department
leave in frustration every year because of their wait for treatment.


Medibank hopes to fill this gap.


"Anybody who experienced attending a busy hospital emergency room with
a minor injury or sick child, tried to get an appointment with their
GP at short notice or out-of hours, will understand the Rapid Care
Clinic," Medibank managing director George Savvides said.


The clinics will be open 365 days a year from 8am to 9pm to anyone,
although Medibank members pay just $150 for a consultation and face no
charge for X-rays, plaster or stitches.


The clinics will refer conditions such as chest pain, severe breathing
difficulty, acute stomach pain, severe burns, loss of consciousness,
head and neck injuries or pregnancy-related conditions to the nearest
hospital.


Emergency medicine specialist Dr Peter Herron - who runs the Brisbane
clinic, which has been open for a week and a half - has treated seven
people including several fractures, a bee sting, a laceration and an
earache.


Australian Medical Association president Dr Andrew Pesce said the
clinics would help those who could afford them but was disappointed
that underfunding of the public hospital system had made them
necessary.


He is concerned they will lead to further fragmentation of patient
care.


Those who use these clinics can't claim for their treatment from their
health fund or Medicare and must pay the full cost out of their own
pocket.


The Health Services arm of the fund has run similar clinics for
corporate clients for years."


A reader from Perth responds:


Roz of Perth Posted at 11:30 AM February 28, 2010
This is why everyone needs private health care.... oh hang on. We all
did and the government screwed us all over and took away the
incentives to be IN private health cover. Then the private crew upped
all their prices when people jumped out. If it's a one off cost to get
fixed, I think I'd pay it if I was in agony.


Patients have become frustrated with lengthy queues at emergency
Some Australians now pay $195.00 to jump Australian Public Hospital
Emergency Room Queues and then pay fee for medical services out of
pocket

MONEY NEWS STORY PAGE
Pay $195 to jump queues at casualty
By Sue Dunlevy From: The Daily Telegraph February 25, 2010 1:41am

Excerpts:

"Patients have become frustrated with lengthy queues at emergency
departments at public hospital...... / The Daily Telegraph

...Almost 170,000 people using a public hospital emergency department
leave in frustration every year because of their wait for
treatment...."


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Old June 4th, 2010, 06:46 PM posted to alt.activism.death-penalty,uk.politics.misc,aus.politics,soc.retirement,rec.travel.europe
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Default Some Australians chose now to pay $195.00 to jump AustralianPublic Hospital Emergency Room Queues and then pay fee for medical servicesout of pocket

On Jun 4, 1:44*pm, "O'Donovan, PJ, Himself"
wrote:
On Jun 3, 7:40*pm, "O'Donovan, PJ, Himself"
wrote:

On Jun 3, 5:16*pm, "O'Donovan, PJ, Himself"
wrote:


On Jun 3, 2:59*pm, "O'Donovan, PJ, Himself"
wrote:


Some Australians now pay $195.00 to jump Australian Public Hospital
Emergency Room Queues and then pay fee for medical services out of
pocket


MONEY NEWS STORY PAGE
Pay $195 to jump queues at casualty
By Sue Dunlevy From: The Daily Telegraph February 25, 2010 1:41am


Patients have become frustrated with lengthy queues at emergency
departments at public hospitals, where waiting times are often over an
hour / The Daily Telegraph


Standalone clinics will deal with minor injuries


For full fee treatment guaranteed within one hour


Frustration at long waiting times in public hospitals


PATIENTS who pay $195 can jump the queues at hospital emergency
departments when the nation's largest health fund opens its first
standalone clinic today.


Medibank is guaranteeing patients with minor injuries and illnesses
will be treated within one hour at its first Rapid Care Clinic in
Brisbane.


The fund is confident it will have a Sydney facility operating in
June.


The clinics, staffed by specialist emergency doctors, will deal with
urgent but non-life-threatening medical conditions such as broken
bones, sprain, cuts and minor burns, viruses, headaches, earaches and
sore eyes.


Twenty thousand patients a month wait more than the clinically-
recommended one hour to be treated in the clogged emergency
departments in public hospitals.


Single mother Kylie Endycott, who spent five hours at Sydney's Royal
Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday after her one-year-old son Beau had
difficulty breathing, said the clinics were a great idea but thought
fees could be altered for different family situations.


Almost 170,000 people using a public hospital emergency department
leave in frustration every year because of their wait for treatment..


Medibank hopes to fill this gap.


"Anybody who experienced attending a busy hospital emergency room with
a minor injury or sick child, tried to get an appointment with their
GP at short notice or out-of hours, will understand the Rapid Care
Clinic," Medibank managing director George Savvides said.


The clinics will be open 365 days a year from 8am to 9pm to anyone,
although Medibank members pay just $150 for a consultation and face no
charge for X-rays, plaster or stitches.


The clinics will refer conditions such as chest pain, severe breathing
difficulty, acute stomach pain, severe burns, loss of consciousness,
head and neck injuries or pregnancy-related conditions to the nearest
hospital.


Emergency medicine specialist Dr Peter Herron - who runs the Brisbane
clinic, which has been open for a week and a half - has treated seven
people including several fractures, a bee sting, a laceration and an
earache.


Australian Medical Association president Dr Andrew Pesce said the
clinics would help those who could afford them but was disappointed
that underfunding of the public hospital system had made them
necessary.


He is concerned they will lead to further fragmentation of patient
care.


Those who use these clinics can't claim for their treatment from their
health fund or Medicare and must pay the full cost out of their own
pocket.


The Health Services arm of the fund has run similar clinics for
corporate clients for years."


A reader from Perth responds:


Roz of Perth Posted at 11:30 AM February 28, 2010
This is why everyone needs private health care.... oh hang on. We all
did and the government screwed us all over and took away the
incentives to be IN private health cover. Then the private crew upped
all their prices when people jumped out. If it's a one off cost to get
fixed, I think I'd pay it if I was in agony.


Patients have become frustrated with lengthy queues at emergency
Some Australians now pay $195.00 to jump Australian Public Hospital
Emergency Room Queues and then pay fee for medical services out of
pocket


MONEY NEWS STORY PAGE
Pay $195 to jump queues at casualty
By Sue Dunlevy From: The Daily Telegraph February 25, 2010 1:41am


Excerpts:


"Patients have become frustrated with lengthy queues at emergency
departments at public hospital...... / The Daily Telegraph


...Almost 170,000 people using a public hospital emergency department
leave in frustration every year because of their wait for
treatment...."


 




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