Improvements in technology have made this life-improving surgery quicker so it can now be delivered for a much lower price.
This is good news and allows precious funding to be re-directed into other areas, giving a boost to our health and hospital system now and in the future.
Not surprisingly, a campaign has been mounted by the Australian Society of Ophthalmologists to blur the facts and protect their Medicare subsidised incomes.
We can not afford a health system built around the financial self interests of a few specialists. The Government will continue to make decisions based on the needs of the entire community.
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