Ratepayers in rural areas around Tasmania are being slugged with a levy to prop up medical clinics, prompting fresh calls for the commonwealth to step in and help.
"We will see sections of communities that just won't be able to afford to see a GP and it's all the result of a government letting our patients down … [Medicare] has just become such a political football. No party seems to be really addressing the key problems.
"They just seem to be skirting around the edges and hiding from the key issues that are facing GPs and specialists alike who use Medicare." He said an urgent review into funding was required, along with long-term planning and "urgent strengthening of Medicare". "Our state government is doing their best to plug holes where they can, but we need some really systematic planning to work towards here.'Not practical to travel to other clinics'Tom Teniswood has been a resident at Triabunna for more than 40 years and said it was an unfair burden for local governments to be running GP clinics.
"We do want a medical service but I don't think the local government are the right agency to be running a medical service," he said.He said it was not practical to travel across the state to other clinics."And with Sorell expanding the way it is, with new subdivisions going in, and things, they'll be struggling to find more doctors.
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