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Bulk-billing rates are up. But there’s more to delivering the best possible care

  • Written by Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
Bulk-billing rates are up. But there’s more to delivering the best possible careAnthony Miller/Getty

A multi-billion dollar boost to GP funding has lifted bulk-billing rates across the country, especially in many areas that need fee-free care the most.

But the changes prop up a dysfunctional funding model for general practice, and have removed the main way the government pays more to GPs with poorer patients.

So deeper reform is...

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