The medical records of every Victorian in the public health system could be shared in a central database for the services to access, prompting condemnation from privacy and law experts concerned that patients cannot opt out of the scheme.
The medical records of every Victorian in the public health system could be shared in a central database for the services to access, prompting condemnation from privacy and law experts concerned that patients cannot opt out of the scheme.
The medical records of every Victorian in the public health system could be shared in a central database for the services to access, prompting condemnation from privacy and law experts concerned that patients cannot opt out of the scheme.
Looming changes to Medicare rebates have brought howls of protest and the potential for another ‘Mediscare’ campaign by Labor. But, experts say, the real problem is the rise of private health and the slow drift to a US-style system.