PHOTO: The Federal Budget’s medicare injection has been welcomed but not all are delighted
The Federal Government has promised a “major revamp” to Medicare, but some regional health advocates say they have not done enough to address rural-specific health system problems.
General practitioners will now be incentivized to bulk bill more of their patients through a tripling of the fee they receive for bulk billing, at a cost to the Budget of $3.5bn over five years.
The new bulk-billing incentive will target children, pensioners, and other Commonwealth concession card holders and the initiative has been broadly welcomed…