[AusNOG] Gillard promises video doctors with NBN

[Matt Shadbolt]

question is, WHY isn't it being used?

Matt.

On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Andrew Oskam <percy at th3interw3bs.net>wrote:

> Interesting points. Thanks John :)
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> On 17/08/2010, at 2:33 PM, John Edwards wrote:
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> On 17/08/2010, at 1:47 PM, Andrew Oskam wrote:
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> I just think it's a bit optimistic to have plans to spend so much money on
> the 1st term when so much is being spent already.
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> This is one of those economic benefit thingies I was mentioning earlier.
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> (Disclaimer: I have done a lot of work with a vendor of medical
> videoconferencing services)
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> People are already getting medicare rebates for physical visits to a
> doctor, but the law stipulates that you actually have to visit the doctor to
> qualify.
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> This promise (which a number of parties have been lobbying for for some
> time now!) will mean that you can get a medicare rebate for a video
> consultation.
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> While this will may well increase the number of rebates due to greater
> ease-of-use, it's essentially the same rebate money that was being spent
> anyway.
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> The "benefit" to most of us is that doctors won't have to pay for a
> physical waiting room, and people won't have to burn hydrocarbons to "visit"
> their GP. People won't risk having to catch infectious diseases from other
> waiting sick people, or sacrifice valuable rest to travel just because their
> sadistic boss insists on a sick certificate!
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> These benefits don't even begin to scratch the surface of benefits in
> healthcare of the elderly - just the ambulance bills in ferrying them around
> are incredible.
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> John
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