Hi,

Just a quick one, thought I’d share a tip...

I just got a call from my obstetrician’s office. They’ve been advised that Medicare will be significantly reducing their rebate towards Obstetrician Planning & Management fees as of 1st Jan 2010. So if you are going private, and will be 20+ weeks by 31st Dec, it might be worth contacting your OB’s office to see if you can pay early. But you have to be a minimum of 20 weeks to pay & qualify.

Our example:

Our Ob’s fee is $2000. Because we are over the Medicare Safety Net we qualify to get $1600 back if we pay by 31st Dec. If we were to wait til 1st Jan, we would only receive $460 back. That’s a huge difference!
I’m not sure of exact figures but it is a similar story if you are under the Safety Net threshold.

Hope this helps some of you! Spread the word to any preggy friends too!