quicko: specialists

I've been really frustrated here with everything medical lately.  It seems there's a strange roundabout way of going where you can't (well, they make it hard to) go to a specialist (even if you know you need one because, say, your doctor in America told you you did) unless an Australian doctor writes you a referral.  And you can't get the prescription that the American doctor gave you.  And if you want to find a cheap doctor to just write you a referral ... errrg it's all too complicated.  You're better off just getting sick.  You'll heal before you get the doctor stuff worked out.