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25 November 2009 The Senate today disallowed the Rudd Government’s savage cuts to Medicare rebates for cataract surgery for a second time. The disallowance again forces the Rudd Government to confront its ill-conceived decision to make cataract surgery more expensive for patients. The Gov... Read more...
24 November 2009 The Rudd Government this afternoon gets its second chance to stop hurting patients needing cataract surgery by ensuring its short-sighted cuts to Medicare rebates are reversed. It can support amendments to the Health Insurance Act which will guarantee that rebates for cata... Read more...
19 November 2009. Nicola Roxon tomorrow will have to produce evidence to substantiate her assertions in relation to her incomprehensible decision to slash Medicare rebates for cataract surgery. The Senate today ordered that she table the information that her office or the Department of ... Read more...
18 November 2009 Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s contortions to avoid debate, scrutiny and accountability for her cruel cuts to Medicare rebates for cataract treatments reached new heights tonight. The Minister refused to comply with a Senate order requiring her to reveal the legal advice s... Read more...
18 November 2009 Prime Minister Kevin Rudd needs to end the cataract rebate bungle which has two of his Ministers taking diametrically opposed positions.On one hand Health Minister Nicola Roxon has slashed Medicare rebates for cataract surgery by almost 50 per cent saying technology now made the op... Read more...
29 October 2009 The Coalition has called on Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to step-in and sort out Health Minister Nicola Roxon’s cataract rebate blunder. Shadow Health Minister Peter Dutton said the Prime Minister’s intervention was necessary because the situation was clearly com... Read more...
29 October 2009 The Rudd Government has this morning rejected legislation that would have prevented it slashing Medicare rebates for cataract surgery. It appears determined to punish - mostly senior Australians - who need this life-changing surgery. The Senate yesterday passed l... Read more...
28 October 2009 The Coalition, independent Senators and the Greens today all urged the Rudd Government to come to their senses and fix up the mess they’ve created as a result of pressing ahead with their savage cut to Medicare rebates for cataract treatments. All non-Government Senators to... Read more...
28 October 2009 The fate of the Medicare rebate for cataract surgery now lies firmly in the hands of the Rudd Government and its failed Health Minister Nicola Roxon. The Senate today disallowed regulations which would have cut the current rebate in half – from more than $600 to jus... Read more...
27 October 2009 The Coalition and crossbench Senators Nick Xenophon and Steve Fielding today began processes in the Senate to prevent the Rudd Government halving Medicare rebates for cataract treatments. It means Australians needing life-changing cataract surgery will not have to p... Read more...