Online publication of medical fees will help prevent bill shock but more needed

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Updated March 11 2019 - 12:43pm, first published March 9 2019 - 2:00am
TRANSPARENCY: Government website that will list the fees charged by individual medical specialists.
TRANSPARENCY: Government website that will list the fees charged by individual medical specialists.

OLDER Australians have welcomed the announcement of a federal government website which will publish specialist doctors fees in an attempt to prevent exorbitant billing.

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Eileen Wood

Senior Journalist

I'm a senior news journalist at The Senior newspaper, the leading publication bringing targeted news on issues affecting older Australians. We cover NSW, Victoria, Queensland, Tasmania, SA and WA. If you have a story idea I would love to hear it. You can email me: eileen.wood@thesenior.com.au or phone The Senior 02-4355-5000, mob. 0487 495 805

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