Show Notes
If you’re having breast surgery or reconstruction through Australia’s public health system, what are you entitled to as a public patient, and what should you know before agreeing to use your private health insurance?
Luan is joined by Dr Margaret Faux, one of Australia’s leading experts on Medicare and medical billing law, to unpack how Medicare, medical billing and public hospital care work around breast surgery and reconstruction.
They talk about: accessing public care for breast cancer and risk reducing surgeries referrals and waiting lists what public patients should and shouldn’t be charged for private health insurance in public hospitals Medicare rebates for support after surgery
Margaret is the author of How to Avoid the Medical Bill Ripoff.
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CREDITS: Host & producer: Luan Lawrenson-Woods is an award-winning women’s health advocate, speaker and host of the Regarding Me and Rewritten Me podcasts.
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