No matter who wins the election, both Labor and the Coalition have committed some significant cashola to Medicare, starting later this year.

If you've had trouble accessing a bulk-billing GP, you're not alone. Hundreds of GP clinics have started charging some, or all, patients for consultations in the past few years, leaving patients ...

Australia’s two major political parties have committed billions in new funding to Medicare before the election date has even ...

Health Minister Mark Butler claims for Labor bulk billing is the “beating heart of Medicare”. “Bulk billing was in freefall ...

As Australians, we pride ourselves on our healthcare system, which has long been a cornerstone of our society, offering care and support to those in need. However, recent developments suggest that the ...

The federal government’s key election promise to deliver more bulk billing is in doubt with the nation facing a critical shortage of doctors and the Medicare system at breaking point. The shortage, ...

The number of fully bulk billing GP practices in South Australia would be boosted to around 310, the federal government claims under its Medicare plan — but local doctors who charge a gap say “tell ...

The evidence suggests there’s benefit to getting those on higher incomes to contribute a small amount to the cost of seeing a GP.

A move to expand the bulk-billing incentive to all Australians is the centrepiece of the plan costing $8.5 billion over four years, which Labor says will be the single largest investment in ...

The government said it would increase incentive payments for GPs to bulk bill all patients, from November 1 2025. Today the Coalition said it would match Labor’s Medicare investment dollar-for ...

Two siblings running a clinic in Tasmania, which has the country's worst bulk-billing rate, say the new Medicare model proposed by Labor isn't viable at their practice for standard adult appointments.

If re-elected Labor will expand bulk billing incentives to all Australians from November 1, creating a new incentive payment for practices that bulk bill every patient with an additional 12.5 per cent ...