Vision - Rebate Cuts Are A Setback To Our Health

from Michelle Guthrie OUR Government is cutting Medicare rebates for eye examinations by optometrists. This is another setback to our health and another big chunk out of the Medicare system. If the cut goes ahead, from 1 November this year, the average person will be discouraged from having their ey

Labor Caught Out On Eyes Pledge

THE Federal Government has suffered further embarrassment over its unpopular Budget with the revelation that its election documents specifically re-stated Labor's Medicare pledge to cover all Australians for optometrists' services. Labor backbenchers have been alerted to the election pledge by th

Eye Services Cut From Medicare

Australians without health care cards will no longer be able to claim eye tests and other optometry services on Medicare in a move that will save the Federal Government almost $140million over the next two years. Consultations by ophthalmologists and optometrists for the prescription of glasses o

Fright For Sore Eyes As Test Rebate Abolished

Everyone except health card holders will have to pay the full cost of eye tests from November because of the Federal Government's decision to abolish Medicare rebates for optometrists. Under the old scheme, the Medicare rebate for the initial consultation with an optometrist was $42.10.

The Ups And Downs To Look Forward To

Monday August 16, 1993

HEALTH The Medicare benefit for eye testing is likely to be scrapped in today's federal Budget. The move, which will save $90million a year, will affect people visiting optometrists and opthalmologists for services related to glasses and contact lenses. It is believed more than two million peo