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GPs will soon get extra incentives to bulk bill. So will your doctor be free?

  • Written by Stephen Duckett, Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
GPs will soon get extra incentives to bulk bill. So will your doctor be free?Maskot/Getty Images

A key commitment at May’s federal election was an A$8.5 billion promise to increase incentives for GPs to bulk bill patients. The government moved quickly after the election, with new arrangements to start on November 1.

When a patient is bulk billed they don’t have any out-of-pocket payment to see a GP. If a...

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