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Labor backbencher Josh Burns has called on the government to reinstate the 20 Medicare supported mental health sessions, describing the cut to only 10 subsidised appointments as “woefully inadequate”.
If we handled cardiac issues the same way, we would turn away someone with high cholesterol and tell them to return once they’d had a heart attack
Australians accessing subsidised psychology sessions will have their visits halved in a matter of weeks as the government moves to scrap a scheme introduced at the height of the pandemic.
The Albanese government has come under fire after a decision to cut back subsidised mental health sessions for patients by half despite calls from experts to expand sessions.
Health minister maintains reform is needed as other mental health advocates back wholesale changes to Better Access system