Does bulk-billing help the vulnerable patients who really need it?
Mark Butler promised to publish more detailed bulk-billing figures.
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AusDoc once dubbed the bulk-billing rate of a level B GP consultation one of Australia’s greatest medical mysteries.
It was the standard consult and it was being claimed around 90 million times a year – surely it offered some insight into the success or failure of Federal Government policy?