More than half of all Australians could be caught in bulk billing blackspots where they will be forced to pay out of pocket expenses - in some cases shelling out up to $100 - to visit the doctor, according to a major new healthcare report. 7NEWS
for a 15-minute consultation. .But the most expensive postcodes charged nearly $100.
It found that across Australia consultations are bulk billed to varying degrees, and some not at all. It also found 105 postcodes where consultations are 100 per cent bulk billed and do not charge patients a cent.“Outside of Sydney and Melbourne, fewer than one in three GP clinics will bulk bill all patients, while in Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory this number approaches one in 20,” Cleanbill said.
The suburbs which fall under the 7306 postcode are Gowrie Park, Lorinna, Lower Barrington, Lower Beulah, Middlesex, Nook, Nowhere Else, Paradise, Promised Land, Roland, Sheffield, Staverton, Stoodley, and West Kentish. There are six clinics which offer 54.55 per cent bulk billing within that postcode. Suburbs within the 5108 postcode include Paralowie, Salisbury, Salisbury Downs, Salisbury North, and Salisbury North Whites Road.
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