Comment on GP visits to become free for most under $8.5b Labor [campaign] Medicare promise

MisterFrog@aussie.zone ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

I’m not super versed in Medicare billing, but what I do know is doctors can set their own rates, for which part is covered by medicare, and rates have been going up faster than rebates.

There has definitely been price gouging, because shopping around on GP visits is a pain, and often people just cop it.

It’s been years since you’ve been able to get bulk billing within like 7 km from Melbourne CBD.

Some of it is genuine cost of living increases, but there still doesn’t seem to be any mechanism to control prices other than the “free market”

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