Can you still get 20 on Medicare if you have a chronic condition? Or have they changed that? :(
Comment on Discussion Thread đ Tuesday 24th June
StudChud@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I love my psychologist, sheâs so good. Shame I only have one more session before I have to wait til next year (or if I get a job, I can pay out of pocket lol).
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
StudChud@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I get 10, and then 4 extra with another GP referral, so total 14 per calender year. Thatâs how they treat suicidal ideation I guess đ¤ˇđźââď¸
Next sesh will be my 14th :(
LowExperience2368@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Medicare: mmkay well youâve had 14 sessions, just donât been suicidal until January! Bye!
StudChud@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
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just_kitten@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I have two medicare sessions left and Iâve been postponing and postponing them because even with a decent job, Iâll be fucked paying for the rest completely out of pocket haha. Really wish there were more pathways to access at least 15 sessions a year at the MHCP rebate for diagnosed chronic complex MH issues⌠not just those with eating disorders who somehow get 40 (!!!) rebated psychological treatment services every 12 months as long as theyâre billed under eating disorder-related services⌠(not to take anything away from people with EDs but damn there are some other conditions too that could really benefit from even short-term access to increased sessions esp with acute flareups).
Alamutjones@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
Eating disorders get it because theyâre genuinely lethal if left untreated. Anorexia has the highest death rate of any psychological condition. By a lot.
There are someâŚespecially pressing reasons to make treatment consistently available for that
imoldgreeeg@aussie.zone â¨2⊠â¨months⊠ago
I canât recall the exact details anymore but a few years ago my GP got me onto a chronic health care plan (long term depression) that got me a few more psych rebates and a few sessions with a exercise physiologist (to help with strategies for movement). Might be worth asking about especially if you have additional health things?