Comments from AAPi are included in a story in The Australian newspaper about Australians turning to buy now, pay later (BNPL) platforms for mental health care, amid calls to increase Medicare rebates for services.
AAPi Executive Director Tegan Carrison said “Postcodes and income brackets shouldn’t dictate if people can access mental health care. Urging the government to restore the Medicare Better Access sessions to 20 sessions.”
“The government has failed by leaving it to the whims of private finance providers to ensure that vital healthcare services can be provided," Ms Carrison said.
“At a time when Aussies’ mental health could not be more fragile, the whole of government needs to seriously weigh up whether it wants citizens caught in multiple vicious cycles - especially when the solution of restoring holistic access is only a pen stroke away."
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