Has anyone heard any updates to this at all lately? I questioned MIVF about it but they said they had not been told anything and they woudl let us know when they know.
mitf I asked same question at my clinic last week and they all just say, they've been told to say that nothing changes as per the last letter earlier in year stating the amount it was going to go up by.
as far as i can see, all clinics are cashing in allowing everyone (me included) to do more stim (therefore more expensive) cycles this year...there must've been an influx in the last 3 months)....in the fear of what's gonna happen in Jan '10. whether their prices will come down/go up or remain the same...they won't disclose till they have to.
I'll be thinking with my feet though..they're nice there...but I know from friends that they're nice at other places.
Our FS was pretty upset/disappointed in the whole thing when we saw him last week. He said that the clinic's prices wont increase just that the amount that Medicare gives back will be much less, costing us at least 1k to 2k more for a full stim cycle. He basically said that K Rudd thinks he gets paid too much. Umm, hello! This man is a pioneer in IVF research/development in Australia and is a remarkable doctor who has given so much to so many people. DH and I are lucky to have two little ICSI bubs and although we would like another, it wont be the end of the world for us if our FET isnt successful. But i feel so sad and sorry for all the couples out their starting/continuing their LTTTC journey. Things are going to be very tough and it honestly isnt fair.
Thanks for this. At a quick glance it looks like it will be no different or possibly even better off. However I won't beleive it until I see it. It's also so damn hard to understand!
I guess we can also only really compare if we have the same item number this year and then next year and make the claim (with both being either before or after the safety net) so it is a true apples 4 apples comparison.
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
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).
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
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