An unhappy patient wrote to Today complaining about surcharge on a Good Friday. He had to pay $9 more to a GP. The article also said that some charge as much as $30 during a holiday. It is at the discretion of the clinics.
What the letter writer was asking is that shouldn't the patient be told of the charges in advance, a case of transparency.
In the $70k case I posted earlier, I am not sure if