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Report finds excessive medical fees prohibit patients accessing specialist care

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Cost barriers are preventing millions of Australians from receiving specialist care. That is based on a Grattan institute report shining a light-on the extreme fees being charged. While the public system provides the majority of care in some specialties, it accounts for only a fraction in others.
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