27 Apr 2023
Medicine costs halved for struggling Australians, delivering cost-of-living relief
The AMA congratulates the federal government on its commitment to deliver significant savings to patients of up $180 a year for selected medicines, and patient’s only needing to visit the pharmacy once every two months instead of every month, while paying a single co-payment.
20 Apr 2023
AMA calls for urgent private health insurance reform
The AMA this week released its federal budget submission on private health, which calls for long-overdue reforms to ensure Australians get value for money from their insurers and the system remains sustainable.
20 Apr 2023
Funding scheme for GPs welcomed, but government urged to deliver a ‘health budget’ this year
The federal government has announced delivery of an election commitment for GP funding grants, but much more is needed to ensure primary care is sustainable.
20 Apr 2023
AMA urges pharmacy reform to deliver lower medicine prices
The AMA says it’s high time recommendations from more than a dozen expert reports and inquiries over two decades are adopted to reform anti-competitive pharmacy ownership and location laws.
20 Apr 2023
AMA submission supports ‘coming together’ in GP-led rural team care
The AMA has provided a submission to the consultation on rural multidisciplinary health teams: Ngayubah Gadan Consensus Statement and Guiding Paper draft.
13 Apr 2023
UK-style mail out vapes not the answer to quit smoking
The AMA has rejected a UK “swap-and-stop” plan to get people to substitute cigarettes with vapes, saying GPs can assist with safer ways of quitting instead of swapping one addiction for another.
13 Apr 2023
Only a medical degree can train a pharmacist to prescribe
The AMA has again rejected the autonomous pharmacist prescribing trials, explaining in a submission no training program for pharmacists other than a medical degree will provide the training and experience required to autonomously prescribe.
13 Apr 2023
Government child vaccine campaign
An Australian Government public awareness campaign about the importance of childhood vaccines places doctors as trusted sources from whom parents and carers should seek advice and information about childhood immunisation.
13 Apr 2023
Seeking expressions of interest: DiT vacancy on AMA Board
The AMA is inviting Doctors in Training to nominate for an appointed two-year position on the AMA Board of Directors.
06 Apr 2023
Compliance review vindicates doctors, dismissing claims of widespread rorting
An independent review into Medicare compliance has found no evidence of the $8 billion fraud alleged by the media last year
