Jul 12, 2026 – 4.00pmFee increases for specialist doctors would be capped under a new policy rank-and-file Labor members are urging Health Minister Mark Butler to make law and which is being backed by private health insurers.The amendment to Labor’s national policy platform, which will be adopted at the party’s national conference later this month, would make it policy for the government to work with insurers to crack down on non-GP specialists, who the amendment says engage in “cartel behaviour”.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
Labor Left pushes for hard cap on specialist doctor fees
Labor rank-and-file and private health insurers are pushing the federal government to cap specialist doctor fees to curb soaring out-of-pocket medical costs.
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