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Bulk billing – How the story is told

Megan Herbert
Megan Herbert

Health Minister Mark Butler recently announced that bulk billing rates were two years ahead of schedule, with 3700 clinics already having made the shift to universal bulk billing. But the figure is being questioned by many GPs. Nearly half of around 1200 GPs who have responded to a Healthed poll think the numbers released by the government last week are inflated.

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