The Albanese Government is making the single largest investment in Medicare since its creation over 40 years ago, with our $8.5 billion package delivering on our commitment to more bulk billing and more doctors for all Australians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For the first time, bulk billing incentives will be paid to GPs for every patient they bulk bill. Previously these incentives were only available to children under 16 and concession card holders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Albanese Government\u2019s investment will deliver an additional 18 million bulk billed GP visits every year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This will mean 9 out of 10 GP visits will be bulk billed by 2030, boosting the number of fully bulk billed practices to around 4,800 nationally \u2013 triple the current number.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Already over 1,000 GP practices that were previously mixed billing have signed up to become fully bulk billing practices. This is on top of the 1,600 GP practices that are currently fully bulk billing. This means that over 2,600 GP practices are expected to be become fully bulk billing around the country and counting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Australian patients and families will save hundreds of dollars a year in out-of-pocket costs, with patient savings of $859 million a year by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is now easier to find a bulk billed GP appointment, with all Australians now eligible for bulk billing incentives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
GP practices can calculate how much they will be better off and register for BBPIP by visiting health.gov.au\/BBPIP<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cLabor built Medicare and now we\u2019re strengthening it and improving health care for all Australians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cNo Australian should have to check their bank balance to see if they can afford to see a doctor. That is not who we are. That is not the future we want for Australia. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cWe\u2019re delivering more bulk billing for every Australian, making it easier to see a doctor and saving families money. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cDelivering on this election commitment lifts up our entire nation and ensures no one is held back, and no one is left behind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cI want every Australian to know they only need their Medicare card, not their credit card, to receive the health care they need.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery electorate in the country will now have GP practices that bulk bill every patient. <\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cAfter a decade of cuts and neglect from the Coalition bulk billing was in freefall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThese investment builds on the three largest boosts to Medicare rebates in decades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cBulk billing is the beating heart of Medicare and that\u2019s what the Albanese Government is delivering.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Albanese Government is making the single largest investment in Medicare since its creation over 40 years ago, with our $8.5 billion package delivering on our commitment to more bulk billing and more doctors for all Australians. For the first time, bulk billing incentives will be paid to GPs for every patient they bulk bill. … Continue reading “Delivering bulk billing for all Australians”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aussie"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35806","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35806"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35806\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35807,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35806\/revisions\/35807"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35806"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35806"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.16news.com.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35806"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Prime Minister<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Minister Butler<\/h2>\n\n\n\n