No matter who wins the election, both Labor and the Coalition have committed some significant cashola to Medicare, starting later this year.
Medicare rebates are getting a boost across 17 Australian communities as the remoteness of each locality is reclassified ...
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 ...
Both Labor and the Coalition have promised $8.5 billion to expand bulk billing, aiming to make nine out of ten GP visits free ...
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 ...
The $644 million proposal aims to deliver extra clinics in every state and territory, but Australia's peak body for GPs has ...
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 $644 million proposal aims to deliver extra clinics in every state and territory, but Australia's peak body for GPs has ...
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 ...
Frontline doctors have greeted Labor’s blockbuster Medicare announcement with scepticism and say the economics of the bulk-billing incentive will not work for their practices. The Albanese ...