MBS telehealth is ‘transforming’ medical abortion access, doctors say
Professor Danielle Mazza says the funding must to continue to support vulnerable women
Medicare funding for telehealth has led to a surge in demand for phone services prescribing medical abortion drugs and should be continued, advocates say.
Previously women accessing medical abortion via telehealth have been paying hundreds of dollars out-of-pocket on top of the price of the PBS-listed abortion drugs.