‘The government has the data … they should just publish it’: New call to name and shame specialists over fees

Dr Rachel David (PhD). Photo: Newspix.

Private health insurers are calling for specialist doctors who allegedly price gouge patients to be “named and shamed” by the Federal Government.

Fees were under the spotlight again last week following a new report by former ACCC commissioner Professor Allan Fels into the commercial activities of supermarkets, banks and airlines.