New born hearing test ???

[maisymum]

Hi to you all :wave:, I had a question, I had private health insurance so I had DS in a private hospital in Perth, when it came to do the new born hearing test ( while I was in hospital ) I was charged $60 - $70 can't quite remember, they told me that if I had of had my son on the public side it wouldn't of cost us a cent! Try and figure that one out!!! So is this something in WA or is it nationally? They try and encourage us to take out private health insurance then they charge us extra!!! I'm interested to know :confused:.

Maisymum :flowerz: xx

[La Que Sabe]

sounds weird!!
we declined the hearing test, but it wouldn't have cost us anything if we had done it!!!
i'm in SA? oh and we were ina public hospital too?

[soon2Bmum22]

In qld it is free. My friend oes private and I don't think she had to pay either.But public it is definatley free!

[mumtofive]

I had my babies in the public system and although its only recently come in both my younger 2 were tested free.

[sam's mum]

I was private in Qld and didn't have to pay anything for DD2 to get hers done.

are you sure that you can't claim it from medicare or your private health?

[melly75]

Im in Perth also and never had to pay a cent ..but i went public..my friend went private at King Edward and still didnt have to pay anything either

[maisymum]

Wow!! I can't believe it. I definitly did pay and couldn't claim from either Medicare or HBF. I kept the receipt and claimed it with my tax ( only get 20% back after you have reached the $1500 mark ) thanks for your input.

Maisymum :flowerz: xx

[gizmoduckus]

I went private and we didn't have to pay for the hearing test. This was in SA.

[~Emmylou~]

That's weird.

I had one of my babies privately and one public - we weren't charged for either of them. I'm in QLD. Might be worth double checking?