‘It’s not fair’: Tourists leave taxpayers with $84m hospital bill
Source: The Sydney Morning Herald
The health minister says taxpayers shouldn’t have to pay the bills of tourists who amassed $64 million in unpaid hospital fees last year and a further $20 million already written-off.
A NSW Auditor-General’s report on health found NSW Health charged $113.6 million to Medicare-ineligible patients in 2018-2019.