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AMA President Professor Owler - ABC News 24 - Labor's Medicare Policy, 19 May 2016

AMA President Professor Brian Owler on Labor's pledge to lift the Medicare patient rebate freeze from 1 January 2017.

Professor Owler said the Budget decision to extend the freeze until 2020 will push many medical practices over the edge.

Professor Owler said there has been a tremendous response to the AMA #nomedicarefreeze campaign.

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