You may have heard that the AMA has been highly critical of the Government’s proposed new plan for care for people with diabetes.

Their plan involves capped payments to general practices, it means patients are asked to forfeit their Medicare entitlements, and there is no guarantee that patients would always be under the care of their usual doctor.

We think there is a better way to provide this care.

The AMA plan calls for patients to have streamlined access to GP-referred allied health services and a range of other support services.

Our plan focuses on the patient’s clinical needs and ensures more support is available to patients who need it.

Our plan calls for better subsidies so that patients can more easily access the ‘other than GP’ services they need for the management of their ongoing conditions.

Our plan is for all patients with chronic conditions, not just people with diabetes.

We know our plan is better.  We have urged the Government to trial our plan against theirs to see which works best for patients.

I think we’d win.  What do you think?