Specialist doctors are charging too much. 4 options to rein in excessive fees
- Written by Anthony Scott, Professor of Health Economics and Director, Centre for Health Economics, Monash Business School, Monash University
MoMo Productions/Getty ImagesAustralia’s Health Minister Mark Butler has declared reducing specialists’ fees will be his next key focus of health policy reform.
Doctors are currently free to set their own fees and many have rapidly increased them over the past 15 years. The average out-of-pocket cost for a non-bulk billed specialist...





