Poorest and sickest can't afford specialist visits or medication

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Updated March 16 2022 - 1:19pm, first published March 12 2022 - 3:30am
TOO COSTLY: Medicare fails to protect poorer and sicker Australians.
TOO COSTLY: Medicare fails to protect poorer and sicker Australians.

Hundreds of thousands of the sickest and poorest Australians are deciding not to see a specialist or fill a prescription because they cannot afford it.

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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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