I think the idea that DAMEs are in it for easy quick money is not the case. If it was there would be more doctors clamouring to be DAMEs.
As I understand it the number of DAMEs is dropping, medicos no longer find it worth the aggravation of dealing with the bureaucracy of CASA so have been dropping out.
My DAME charged $350 last time for class 1, which included blood, ECG etc