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 ...

Politicians are misleading Australians by promising nine in 10 will be able to see a GP for free, as it’s simply not true.’ ...

It said it will expand GP bulk billing incentives to all Australians, beyond pensioners, concession cardholders, and families with children. It will create an additional new incentive payment ...

Health Minister Mark Butler claims for Labor bulk billing is the “beating heart of Medicare”. “Bulk billing was in freefall when we came to government,” Mr Butler told Sky News Australia. “And that ...

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 ...

Australia’s two major political parties have committed billions in new funding to Medicare before the election date has even ...

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 ...

The Albanese government will make another pre-election offer promising that if re-elected it will ensure people pay no more ...

As Australians, we pride ourselves on our healthcare system, which has long been a cornerstone of our society, offering care ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make it cheaper for Australians to see a doctor by paying GPs more if they bulk-bill all adult ...

Why bulk billing has been declining Until changes introduced by then Health Minister Tony Abbott in 2003, Medicare was the same for everyone. But in response to declining rates of GP bulk billing ...