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Andrew Brown

Doctors lobby to lose veto on Medicare oversight body

A review has found Medicare fraud is likely costing taxpayers up to $3 billion per year. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS) (AAP)

Australia's peak medical body will no longer have a say on who leads the agency investigating potential Medicare fraud.

New laws introduced to federal parliament on Wednesday will remove the veto power of the Australian Medical Association over the government's choice of director for the Professional Services Review agency.

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