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Hey can someone who has political clout push for a guarantee from @GregHuntMP @ScottMorrisonMP that the 20 #BetterAccess Medicare subsidised sessions will be in place for the entirety of 2021 (at least)? Continuity of #mentalhealth care and #suicideprevention relies on planning.
Many people plan carefully to stretch their sessions out across a year, which means that they may be wary of utilising 10 in the first half of the year, only to find that they're then without access to affordable care if the system changes again.
In an ideal world, there would be mass availability of bulk billing psychologists and psychiatrists, but there are not. At the very least this system allows some people to afford care, but being able to budget their out of pocket costs means knowing how long coverage will last.
