A friend of mine's DS turns 4 next month & will be due to have the 4yo check/healthy school review.
My kids are all mostly immunised, so this hasn't been an issue for me, her DS isn't immunised. She is being told that because the check up doesn't involve immunisation for her she'll have to pay the gp over $100 (no bulk billing), as they aren't getting the 'immunisation incentive' (or what ever they call the money from the government for it).
Is this right? I'd assume the check up should be covered by Medicare, as with any other consultation? She apparently can't even claim it back on Medicare.
Has she been given the wrong information? Or is everyone else dealing with the same?
That really doesn't sound right, I'm of the understanding it's just a normal check up so she should be able to take her child to any bulk billing clinic.
She has the CO form, but is still being told she has to pay, only because the gp won't be getting the extra money for the immunisation to go with the check up.
DD2 had hers last week and while she had her 4 yr old vax at the same time, there had been lots of carry on about whether I was going to the GP for the vax or if I would go to the health clinic for it and just the GP (actually the nurse) for the health check. was never told that I would have to pay if I separated them. I was also told that some child health nurses could also do the health check so might be worth her looking into.
Sounds a little odd to me - like maybe they're trying not so subtle pressure to get her to have the vax under the threat of paying otherwise
Non vaxxed kids & the 4yo check up
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