I see your point and agree. Also I never said it was hard to practise in Aus, just a pain in the arse with insurance companies, veterans affairs, medicare etc etc. It has to wear down the practice owner overtime, much more than the people who work there. But then I do admit it is nearly 10 years since I practiced there and I have many friends with very busy practices working there. Seems a shame so much money is spent chasing up billing though.

It actually reminds me of Canada where we were paid once the billing was received from the government (prior to electronic billing). There were times we in March of one year we were still waiting on billing from the previous June! Maybe some canadians can suggest if this is still the case?