President's email update
President's email 13 August 2010 - 12:00pm
The AMA this week called on the major parties to commit to proper indexation of the Medicare Benefits Schedule (MBS) should they be elected on 21 August.
We also sought a promise that there would be no further cuts to specific MBS items, as happened last year with cataract surgery, joint injections, cardiac angiography, pathology, and IVF procedures.
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Key Health Issues for the 2010 Federal Election
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Foreword – AMA President, Dr Andrew Pesce
Health in the News
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Dr Pesce, Channel 10, 29 August 2010
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Dr Pesce, 2GB Radio, 29 August
29 August 2010 - 3:00pm
President's Blog
The AMA has called for health policy to be the top priority in this Federal election. Each week Dr Pesce will give his views on the different health policies of the major parties throughout the 2010 election.
Please join in the conversation on health and let us know your views. You can comment via the Presidents blog here.
AMA in the News
Web medicine an investment for the bush: broadband access, The Australian,31/8/10
AMA president Andrew Pesce criticised the regular waste that occurs because doctors can't access patients' medical records.
Concern over lax supervision of graduate doctors in ER, The Sydney Morning Herald, 27/8/10, www.smh.com.au
The Australian Medical Association called on the federal government to provide financial incentives for public hospitals to train junior doctors.
Medical students miss out on internships, The Australia, 26/8/10, www.theaustralian.com.au
The Australian Medical Students Association says it is aware of three or four cases so far of final-year students failing to find an intern place, without which they cannot work or be registered as doctors.
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