The bulk-billing incentive for doctors will be tripled in a targeted bid to enable more children, pensioners and healthcare card holders to see a GP for free
About three in every five GP patients will find it easier to see a bulk-billing doctor thanks to sweeping changes toNew financial rewards, which kick in from Wednesday, will triple the incentives for GPs to bulk-bill pensioners, concession card holders and children.
Anthony Albanese said the changes would help patients receive treatment at the earliest possible opportunity. “ happens to be good for the taxpayer as well because ... a slight condition dealt with early, treated properly, ensures it doesn’t become an acute condition.”Prime minister Anthony Albanese and health minister Mark Butler.“It’s a huge boost in confidence and funding to a sector that I think is probably in its most parlous state it’s been in the 40-year history of Medicare,” he told ABC radio.
The new incentives, which are expected to cost $3.5bn across the next five years, are part of a $6bn commitment in new measures for the sector.
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