Officials Reject Fears NDIS Changes Could Force Patients to Chase a ‘Cure’

Officials have been probed on whether Labor’s overhaul of Australia’s National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) could force disabled individuals to exhaust all possible treatment avenues to the point of trying to “cure” their condition.

At the crux of the discussion is the amendment to the “permanence” test, which predicates NDIS funding on a patient first trying to exhaust other treatments avenues likely to “materially improve, reverse, or alleviate the impact” of an impairment.