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GPs will soon get extra incentives to bulk bill. So will your doctor be free?
(theconversation.com)
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I'm hugely sympathetic to this.
Definitely anyone charging a fee to the patient, whether GP, or allied health, or specialist, should be getting nothing from Medicare. I also agree that public GP clinics ought to be a thing.
That said, given that there is not likely going to be a fundamental change in our model anytime soon, this is a good policy within our current framework.