Life Matters

The Medicare rebate for psychology is over budget and not working. It is operating within a flawed system of delivering psychological services, according to Professor Ian Hickie.

At the same time, there is debate about the degree of training psychologists should have to be entitled to the rebate.

Ian Hickie from the Brain and Mind Research Institute, and Lyn Littlefield of the Psychological Society, debate the merits of the scheme.

Guests

Professor Ian Hickie
Executive director, Brain and Mind Research Institute, Sydney University

Professor Lyn Littlefield
Executive director, Australian Psychological Society

Further Information

Brain and Mind Research Institute

Australian Psychological Society

Presenter

Richard Aedy

Producer

Jackie May

Story Researcher and Producer

Ann Arnold

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