Medicare
Major Medicare Overhaul
Medicare is set to change under new funding in the Labor government’s May budget. To relieve the public hospital system......
Government to halve subsidised psychology sessions
Earlier this week, Mark Butler announced government plans to reduce the number of Medicare-subsidised psychology sessions from 20 to 10.......
GP’s Dispute Claims of Medicare Rorting
A joint investigation by the ABC, The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald claims that up to $8 billion is......
Goodbye To Bulk Billing?
GPs are warning that Australians may soon no longer be able to rely on the Medicare bulk-billing system. Following Labour’s......
Doctors More Accessible Than Ever
An AAP Factcheck into a claim made by Labor’s Health Spokesman, Mark Butler, has revealed that doctors and GPs are......
Rural health cuts fund new telehealth regime
Is permanent telehealth for everyone or are we robbing Peter to pay Paul? Two weeks before Christmas, amid a burgeoning......
Australia unlikely to follow Singapore’s decision on COVID health services
This week, Singapore announced that citizens without their COVID-19 vaccinations will need to cost their medical expenses if they develop......
Telehealth: The pros and cons for regional communities
In March this year, the Federal government announced a range of Medicare subsidies for telehealth services in an effort to......
Health experts call to remove telehealth restrictions
After expanding Medicare coverage for a range of telehealth services due to COVID-19, the Federal Government restricted coverage for sexual......
Why Bulk-billing GP’s are few and far between
Studies show 10.9 million Australians incurred out-of-pocket costs for non-hospital Medicare services in the last few years. As funding issues......