Labor and the Coalition have pledged to raise GP bulk billing. Here’s what the Medicare boost means for patients
- Written by Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
Labor yesterday foreshadowed a major Medicare change to address the falling rate of bulk billing, with an A$8.5 billion election announcement. 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-dollar.
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