MPs writing to local GPs suggesting they bulk-bill — outreach or outrage?
Practices are part of the community. Does that mean you should expect to talk with your MP about billing policies?
While many MPs have ambitions of running Australia, most spend their working days focused on club sheds, bike paths, roundabouts and other parts of their constituents’ everyday lives.
This is important context for the latest controversy on medical social media: a nine-line letter an MP sent to a local GP practice manager.
“My constituents have shared their disappointment that [your clinic] is currently not a fully bulk-billing clinic,” said the letter, which was posted to Reddit and other social media websites.
“I understand from my constituents that, in the past, your clinic has bulk-billed patients.
