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The federal health minister has made his own announcement this morning regarding increasing numbers of general practice bulk billed appointments, but concedes “we know we need to do more.”
New Medicare billing data shows since the Albanese government’s investment tripled the bulk billing incentive for children and concession card holders in November 2023 it has created an additional 6 million bulk billed GP visits – an average of 100,000 additional visits each week.
When Peter Dutton was health minister he tried to end bulk billing with a GP tax and then started a six-year freeze to Medicare rebates that the AMA says took billions out of Medicare.”
As a government, we urgently moved to protect bulk billing for those who need to see their GP most often: pensioners, concession cardholders, and families with kids and young teenagers.”
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/feb/11/australia-politics-live-anthony-albanese-peter-dutton-trade-tariffs-steel-aluminium-trump-question-time-election-campaign-cost-of-living-ntwnfb
