Friday 13 February 2015

WTF is the Lieberal GP tax policy now?

The good gov is this week off to an abysmal start. The "Holocaust" exaggeration from Abbott just a sign of the confusion underneath of the entire gov. The GP tax thing has particularly shaped up as a shining example of this. Fresh out from promising more consultation and humbleness to all, it seems Abbott hasn't consulted his own party about WTF is the actual policy of the GP tax now. 

First, it seemed Abbott had killed it off completely and it was no more, his parliamentary secretary:
"We've dropped the Medicare co-payments and we're starting again from scratch," he said. He reiterated:

"The policy which we had on the table in January and February is gone, so we're starting again from scratch in terms of a deep conversation with the Australian people and with the medical profession as to how to make Medicare sustainable." more 
But this was all news to, of all people, the health minister herself:
The GP co-payment is one of the government's most contested measures announced in last year's budget. It has no support in the Senate and was revised down from a $7 up-front fee to a $5 cut to the Medicare rebate for some doctor's visits, although many believe that cut would also lead to an increase in GP consultation fees. Health Minister Sussan Ley is consulting on the policy and her office confirmed the co-payment has not been scrapped. more
The adults are at it again..... 

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