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do you still need health insurance?

27/3/2019

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Australia's Health Insurance companies having been told by the federal government that they can no longer offer rebates on natural therapy consultations after April 1 2019! And no, it's not an early April Fools joke!

This decision was based on a corrupt and biased report from a government committee which couldn't find more than a couple of research studies on each modality which showed how effective they are. I've read more studies on effective natural therapy treatments this week than they found in years... which seriously shows their incompetence! The committee's report supported their pre-conceived bias to get rid of government rebates on these natural therapies. 

So the government wants to make it more difficult for you to obtain good, proven, safe and effective treatments from natural  therapies, and use the already clogged, inaccessible, under-financed, under-staffed, inefficient and ineffective medical system instead. Don't they realise we take a huge load off their shoulders, and without what we do, the system will absolutely collapse?! Maybe that might be a good thing, so they can see the benefits we do actually bring to the health of most Australians...

Over 80% of Australians use some form of alternative therapies, from supplements, to herbals, and services like massage, acupuncture, chiropractic, naturopathy and nutrition, and more. The government are making this decision which will affect the rights of up to 80% of Australians to make their own choice as to what they use or who they see when they are not feeling well.  And their decision will cost you more too.
In many countries around the world, their are campaigns by medical and pharmaceutical lobby groups against natural therapies, to make it more difficult for you to access alternative therapies and treatments. We should be able to work together to help you and your family to be well, but it is not in their financial interest for you to be healthy...

So what can you do about this?

1) Speak to or write a letter to your local, state and federal politician, to tell them that you are not in favour of the decision to remove health insurance rebates, especially when it was based on a corrupt process. Let them know that you will be voting for someone else if this decision goes ahead

2) Reconsider how much you are paying for your health insurance! You will be paying more from April 1 - so you will be paying MORE for LESS services! You should see what you can do with your health insurance to REDUCE your costs now! Phone your insurance company to reduce your costs.

3) Consider voting against the 3 major parties which are not interested in giving you alternative treatment options. The current federal government made this decision, the labor party want to inflict further pain on your wallets, by imposing GST on natural therapy consultations, to pay for the recently removed "tampon tax"! And the Greens have a doctor for their leader and who is against natural therapies...

4) Click on this link to have your say to the Federal health minister (Greg Hunt) on this issue, to try and save the health insurance rebates:
​ https://www.yourhealthyourchoice.com.au/save-rebates/

There is still time for your voice to be heard and for the health insurance rebate issue to be reversed! Please take a stand on this issue, or the government will remove all your rights to choose how and what or who you get health advice from. Your elected politician was voted to represent YOU, and they need to know how you feel and what you really want them to do.

If you do nothing, the government  will walk all over you to take away your power bit by bit, so they remain in power. With enough support, people power will win over collusion and corruption in government. You can make a difference!
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From April 1, I think the joke will be on the government and health insurance companies. What are you planning to do about your health insurance? Will you change how you get your health advice or treatments? Please let me know!
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political interference in your health treatment choices

12/6/2016

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In 2015, The Australian Department of Health in conjunction with The National Health and Medical Research Council formed a committee to review natural therapies to examine their clinical efficacy, cost effectiveness and safety. Based on a very restrictive search of research studies they concluded that there was little evidence that 17 natural therapies were clinically effective, and hence the government and health funds should not consider health fund rebates for such therapies in the future.

The 17 natural therapies being considered for removal of government and health fund rebates include Herbal Medicine, Naturopathy, Massage therapy, Pilates, Tai chi, Yoga, Aromatherapy and more!

The committee formed this decision by only looking at published research of natural therapies "being delivered as a health service", and excluded the massive amount of peer reviewed and published evidence on the individual treatments in those therapies. As there weren't many studies published on these therapies "being delivered as a health service" this lead to their pathetic recommendations. Of the studies that were available on these therapies, they did show that the therapies were effective, safe, had very little or no safety issues (ed: which would put modern medicine treatments of surgery and pharmaceuticals to shame!) and were cost effective by being cheaper and allowing patients to return to work quicker! But all of that counted for nothing all because of the low numbers of studies found due to the committee's restrictions.

In my chosen fields of Naturopathy and Herbal Medicine (as Nutritional Medicine was excluded from the committee's investigation), everything I use and recommend is evidence -based, which was how I was taught! In each of my assignments and case studies I had to find 50-100+ peer-reviewed and published scientific articles to show how and why a particular recommendation was scientifically proven for a client with a particular health condition! And what I found was only a tiny drop in the ocean of published research, yet this bunch of biased morons on this committee designed their search to not allow any of this evidence!

Anyone who has used any of the above natural therapies will know that they work, that they are safe and have far less side effects than taking medications, having unnecessary surgeries or other dangerous medical treatments. In a peer-reviewed and published Cochrane review of traditional Western medical treatments a few years ago, about 70% of medications, surgeries or treatments were found to NOT be effective or safe in research! Should these treatments be removed from health fund rebates too?!

The Labor party have today (10th June 2016) announced that they will drop private health insurance rebates for natural therapies, just to save some $. But these natural therapies already save the government a massive amount of money by taking the strain off the health system, actually fixing the causes of health conditions, instead of just hiding symptoms which force the problem deeper into the body and making it worse in the long term.

If this decision by Labor (and potentially by the other major parties too) is of concern to you and your family's health, please ask your local member for their policy on this matter. If their answer is not satisfactory, please consider looking at the policies of a new political party in the upcoming Federal elections - the Health Australia Party (HAP), which not only have policies to do with your health, but for a healthy economy, healthy environment, healthy democracy and healthy society! HAP may have a candidate in your local area, but they are mostly looking for seats in the Senate, so please consider HAP as a healthier choice! Take a stand in this election, and have your voice heard!

https://www.healthaustraliaparty.com.au/

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