State health minister calls for reversal of bulk-billing incentive cuts

'Successive years of freezes' are putting pressure on practices, says Jenny Mikakos
Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos
Victorian Health Minister Jenny Mikakos.

A state health minister has weighed in on the debate over looming cuts to bulk-billing incentives for thousands of GPs, calling on the Federal Government to reverse the proposed changes.

From January, GPs working in outer suburbs and regional towns will take a financial hit when their practices are reclassified as metropolitan.