“Australia's doctors voted Peter Dutton the worst Health Minister in Medicare history for a reason. “Peter Dutton tried to end bulk billing with a GP tax and then started a six-year freeze to Medicare ...

If it goes ahead, it’ll be the biggest single investment in Medicare since it was created. So, what is Medicare? How did it change health care in Australia and why do some say it needs help? Wren ...

Federal Labor and the Coalition both want to expand the bulk-billing incentive to all Australians, to make nine out of 10 GP visits free by the end of the decade.

Medicare rebates are getting a boost across 17 Australian communities as the remoteness of each locality is reclassified ...

"I want every Australian to know they only need their Medicare card, not their credit card ... Under the plan, Labor would also incentivise doctors and clinics to bulk-bill all their patients with ...

Doctors’ groups have welcomed funding pledges by both Labor and the Coalition to address Medicare bulk billing rates. But others like the Australian Medical Association say the money is not a silver ...

Universal health care is expensive and getting more so, which is a problem when politicians like appearing to cut taxes and ...

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese ... who would “bulk bill” for their services. That is, the doctors would bill the Medicare scheme directly and in full rather than charging an ...

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 ...

Bulk-billing — where doctors bill Medicare directly so patients have no out-of-pocket costs — has long been seen as a stalwart of Australia's healthcare system, removing barriers to crucial care.

And it will help build bulk billing rates back ... The man who Australia's doctors voted the worst health minister in the history of Medicare. You know him: Peter Dutton.” Meanwhile Greens ...