GPs warn not all practices will take up Labor’s promised Medicare bulk-billing changes if rebates still too low
Source: The Guardian | Published: February 24, 2025, 4:36 a.m.
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The government has vowed that nine out of ten GP visits will be bulk-billed by 2030, but GPs are warning not all practices will take up the offer as longer consults would not see the same level of benefit as shorter ones.
On Sunday Labor launched a major election policy incentivising GP clinics to bulk bill every patient.
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