Mathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Health Administration) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs, Senator Faulkner. Minister, why has the government increased the rebate for cataract surgery on its Department of Veterans’ Affairs fee schedules for medical services to $1,291 while at the same time reducing the patient rebate for the exact same surgery on the Medicare Benefits Schedule by 46 per cent, down to $340?