Hi ladies,

Just an update. I had my last app with my OB yesteday for 2009 and he let me pay the management fee then. I went into medicare and claimed it straight away and they put it in my bank account no worries no questions. The receipt I claimed with nowhere said I was 20 weeks preg.

My OB was $2000 and I got $1396 back from medicare so very happy with that. Otherwise the lady at medicare said the scheduled fee is only $122 and that is all I would have got back if I didn't have the safety net.
That's really interesting Mrs Hendo, because I asked my OB if I could pay my 20 week fee early to claim the 80% back and he said no because I wasn't at 20 weeks by 31DEC. I noticed you weren't at 20 weeks either, so how did you claim this money back from Medicare? didn't your OB have to state you were at 20 weeks or over by 31st December 09?

Thanks!