Affordable access to care is needed to support people living with obesity to access safe and effective treatment

GPs are incentivisied by Medicare to provide short consultations. The Medicare rebate gets progressively lower for longer consultations which many people with complex medical problems such as obesity need. Unfortunately, the latest Medicare funding announcement from the federal health minister, Mark Butler, does not recognise this need...

https://mforum.com.au/access-to-gps-and-better-education-key-to-improving-obesity-outcomes/