#CoPayNoWay

May 19, 2014

THE Royal Australian College of General Practitioners (RACGP) has launched a social media campaign targeting the $7 co-payment for GP visits announced in the Federal budget last week (PD 13 May). #CoPayNoWay is on Twitter and Facebook, and is offering letter templates for people wanting to write to the Prime Minister of local MP. Campaign responses include “How many GP co-payments is @JoeHockey’s cigar worth?” from @jodirbird. Similarly, the AMA has launched their program #StopTheCoP citing the “dire effect on patients, especially the most vulnerable.”

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