He has also criticised Dr Margaret Faux,whose PhD on the Medicare claiming and compliance system concluded nearly 30 per cent of Medicare’s annual budget,or about $8 billion a year,is being lost through fraud,incorrect payments and errors.
But in an interview with7.30 host Sarah Ferguson on Thursday night,Robson conceded he had not even read the PhD.
“I’ve got a copy. I haven’t read the whole thing,” he said.
“It’s like my PhD. It’s very,very long. But if there was some reason to read it,I think I’d actually rather focus on some solutions and moving forward rather than reading someone else’s PhD.”
The AMA president has argued the $8 billion figure is wrong and that only a tiny minority of medical professionals abuse Medicare.