lol Just not sure how I’m supposed to feel sorry for a 34 year old who works **** all, does whatever she wants and still makes 100k. A much better example would have been a 50 year old GP who works 50 hours a week, is always late getting home, works most weekends, misses half their family’s events and takes just a couple of holidays a year. And they still don’t make a huge income after all that.
Even a full time busy GP would be lucky to crack $250k, which is a pittance these days. I think the overall point is, don’t whinge if your GP charges you a substantial gap, they’re not trying to rip you off, rather they’re putting a price on their services. If they’re good, they’re worth it. If you don’t like it, take your chances with an OS trained bulk billing Dr at a medical centre. Medicare rebates have basically not kept up with CPI and really not changed over 30 years. Doesn’t worry me, we just keep increasing our GAP, as we’re prepared to back ourselves. A lot of good GPs I know are frightened to do the same
Agree 100%. Good medical care is worth every penny and more. As a side note, it’s nice to confirm that after 32 years of professional flying, I still make a lot less than a pittance. Poor me. Maybe I should write a Facebook sob story.
Fine. 80k. I forgot about the bit where she’s swanning around doing nothing for ten weeks. Again, by choice. And she even mentions the mythical gender pay gap. Give me strength…
That’s why all these recently announced bulk billing incentives are a joke, they will still make rubbish money. GPs need to get into the mindset of ditching reliance on Medicare. Charge privately, then the patient can chase the rebate from the Govt. They are their own worst enemy
It's a big jump. My last practice I started bulk billing to build the practice and then switch to private when I had a good patient load, probably after 2 years. Didn't happen. Admittedly I'm not really in general practice, but exclusively skin cancer, which has a high number of procedures (haven't seen my stethoscope for 20 years). I kept putting off switching to private billing because it sounded too hard and ended up selling the practice to a corporate (don't worry, I made them pay). They switched to private billing immediately, which I was quite happy with, because (a), I was not the bad guy, and (b), I'm now working 3 days a week and making more money (according to my accountant). But am I happy? You bet your arse I am, I'm f*cking delirious!
NO - people need to stop expecting everything for free!!! FFS, some woman in today's news complaining that all her specialist appointments cost $3000 a year, and when the Medicare safety net ($2600 pa) is pointed out to her, whinges : but they only hit the yearly Extended Medicare Safety Net, which offers money back after the $2,600 threshold is reached, in October or November each year. "By that time of year specialists are going on holidays, so what good is it?" ffs...
It’s actually a pretty common scenario, newly qualified GP aged in her early 30s, starting a family before her eggs run out
Speak for yourself, I haven't paid a cent since I got cancer and the bills I'm signing are for thousands and all I have is bare bones AHM
Also, that scenario doesn't mention what the husband is doing. As a female GP, she could go to a private billing practice and virtually name her price.
People are just stupid - bloke here was sent for physio to assess a dodgy hip - wouldn't go because he reckoned it hurt and he had to pay, BUT he happily spent $75 for a massage that made him feel for a few hours...
