No matter who wins the election, both Labor and the Coalition have committed some significant cashola to Medicare, starting later this year.

Federal Labor and the Coalition both want to expand the bulk-billing incentive to all Australians, to make nine out of 10 GP visits free by the end of the decade.

The federal government’s key election promise to deliver more bulk billing is in doubt with the nation facing a critical shortage of doctors and the Medicare system at breaking point. The shortage, ...

Australia’s two major political parties have committed billions in new funding to Medicare before the election date has even ...

If you've had trouble accessing a bulk-billing GP, you're not alone. Hundreds of GP clinics have started charging some, or all, patients for consultations in the past few years, leaving patients ...

Two siblings running a clinic in Tasmania, which has the country's worst bulk-billing rate, say the new Medicare model ...

The evidence suggests there’s benefit to getting those on higher incomes to contribute a small amount to the cost of seeing a GP.

Health Minister Mark Butler claims for Labor bulk billing is the “beating heart of Medicare”. “Bulk billing was in freefall ...

The number of fully bulk billing GP practices in South Australia would be boosted to around 310, the federal government claims under its Medicare plan — but local doctors who charge a gap say “tell ...