, praised the Albanese government for acknowledging the primary care problem and welcomed the direction of the Strengthening Medicare report, which will be released on Friday.
He said states were contributing funding to the healthcare system at an unsustainable pace and the primary care changes needed to translate into substantial action.“At some point we have to accept the fact that so many of the levers that inform the number of people that present at emergency departments is directly informed by the performance of the primary healthcare system for which the commonwealth is responsible.
This system is flawed. For example Why go to a doctor, pay $ 80 for airdrops when the chemist could do this diagnoses over the counter. Are Doctors a kind of mafia.
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