Do you have scans or xrays weekly ?

Why do you have them often ?

I have never had to wait more than a day or so for Xrays --Scan or MRI ordered by my GP

Had a few problems lately - had to have a couple of scans, MRI, and a couple couple of x-rays. Had to wait 3 weeks for the first scan and then another 10 days before the results were sent to my doctor. When the specialist ordered a scan, I was given an appointment the next day. Each time, I have been asked for extra money - a gap payment, though I have received the cheques from Medicare, to forward on, showing that the X-ray people are being paid quite a substantial amount from the government.

Jorja I do hope that all is well soon

I'll be fine now that what I think is all the scans and so on have been done. Just have to wait and see which is the most important part to fix first! So much can go wrong with our older bodies, and it usually does. Just hope I don't have to pay out too much more - it's eating into my savings.

Yes it doesn't take long when something goes wrong for it to send you broke thats for sure and so hard to save up again when on a pension too

Seggie. The gap between what specialists charge and Medicare sometimes can be large. At the moment, I can just manage Medibank but that may not last much longer. Had to see a specialist privately who ordered an MRI the very next day at a public hospital which cost nothing. Another MRI ordered by local doctor cost well over $400 with nothing back. I was quite surprised that Medicare do not offer anything back, nor do Medibank which costs me many hundreds of dollars every year. No wonder people opt out of private cover and go public.

I guess many would be like me. When one reaches a certain age, you get scared when thinking of giving up your hospital cover that the minute you do it, (like insurances), something

will happen and you will be sorry you did it. Damn. Where is that winning Tattslotto ticket!