Will the Medicare rebate being removed make a difference to you?

[JBM]

i am trying to get dh to agree to do next ivf this year as it will effect us in a big way.

the stupid thing is the govenment says they want us to have more children, hence why the baby bonus was put up to $ 5000. the thing is we really want to have a child and some people are only getting pregnant for the govenment money, surely this is rediculous. if they want more babies then why cut the medicare rebate in the first place ?!
sorry for rant

[juniper76]

From what I've read I've gotten the vibe that this government would actually like to get rid of the baby bonus but knows it would hurt them too much at the polls. I'm pretty sure the increase to $5000 was set in motion by the previous government (but feel free to correct me if I'm wrong).

[fatgirlslim]

i called repromed the other day - and they told me that had no idea about what the changes were going to be yet - they said that they'd been in lots of meetings and discussions - but nothing had been confirmed...

BUT... the MBS website shows some pretty positive results considering what I heard it could be... do you think that they could be holding off the informaton so that everyone rushes off to do cycles before the new year? that sounds so wrong!

OH... and I was so, so excited to see how many people on this thread got their BFP's in October... congrats

L x

[Caramello]

Please keep to the topic about the Medicare rebate. Can we also ask that you do not publicly talk about issues with IVF clinics. Thanks.