How a $40 medical test became a $1000 test overnight

By Harriet Alexander
Updated April 27 2017 - 10:13am, first published April 15 2017 - 12:32am
The Age, News, 18/01/2017, picture Justin McManus. Greg Hunt is named the new minister for Health and Sport. Hunt speaking at a doorstop at  Frankston Hospital. Photo: Justin McManus
The Age, News, 18/01/2017, picture Justin McManus. Greg Hunt is named the new minister for Health and Sport. Hunt speaking at a doorstop at Frankston Hospital. Photo: Justin McManus

Some doctors have increased their fees by up to 400 per cent, knowing the bill would be footed by taxpayers and not their price sensitive customers.

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