Ric G.
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Queensland Labor AND Queensland health HAVE SACKED ALL THE public cardiologists gazetted positions AND GIFTED THEM TO GenisisCare FOR A privatisation OF public hospitals ATTEMPT AT A COST OF $505 PER CONSULTAION and no Bulk Billing for Specialists Consultations. the only way to undo this IS Sack GenisisCare and readvertise the Public Hospital Gazetted Positions and get rid of GenisisCare from the Public System and they had no right to be there, this will restore the Medicare Bulk Billing in all Public Hospitals once GenisisCare is driven back to their rightful place in Private Hospitals. Out of touch BBH and WBHHS highly paid Executives thought this ""user pays" system like the USA has is more fair to everyone, they make $300k to n$500k a year, I make less than $30k on a Pension and say they are out of touch. I have been refused 10 referrals for Cardiology Specialists Consultations in Bundaberg Public Hospital so far since my failed open heart surgery in mid 2019 and always "an excuse" from GenisisCare that my consultation does not fit into guidelines (contract) with the Public Hospitals to provide that BULK BILLABLE service? BBH/WBHHS/Queensland Labor and GenisisCare has done away with Medicare Bulk Billing for Specialist Consultations in PUBLIC HOSPITALS. With gazetted positions there was no cash register or eftpos station in BBH until GenisisCare snuck in under radar. This is an abomination and borders on the culling of heart disease patients like me and because GenisisCare is Private, Queensland Health leaves the dirty work to them and believe they have clean hands in my soon to be death.
I had a Bulk Billed Echocardiogram done at Bundaberg Base Hospital which was barely readable. Although they say they are partners with BBH to replace the previously employed and Gazetted Cardiologist position, they only provide some Services for Public Patients and you either pay $395.50 (now $505) or are sent to Brisbane for Cardiology. Obviously, I needed more than an echocardiogram and have been waiting since 2016 to get proper service from GenisisCare who have NOT honoured their contract with Public Patients. They have the complete support of BBH and WBHHS who also do nothing for Public Patients and BBH is just a Transit Centre for Brisbane Specialists, even though GenisisCare has been allocated valuable floor space at BBH (where a proper Public Employed Cardiologist could easily provide ALL the services needed by Public Patients not just a few), then I was asked for $395.50 for necessary Consultations.. These are Four completely competent Cardiologists, the only thing which is broken is their moral compass, and I wonder how they can even find the doorway into BBH. Re: Reply below from GenisisCare, I am still waiting? typical GenisisCare "we dont matter and they dont care" unless we pay $505 for a consultation, we are ignored
