I’m slashing bulk-billing - what about you?
GPs have the college’s support to charge more patients gap fees, so let's stop whining about Medicare and do it
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27th January 2022
It’s been apparent for some time that universal bulk-billing is not sustainable for most GP clinics.
The only caveat being a humungous clinic, manned by an army of doctors, with imaging facilities and a pharmacy that is open for more than 12 hours a day, seven days a week.
Now, more than any time in the past, the general practice corporate juggernaut looks set to flatten the Australian landscape unless changes are made elsewhere.
As I have written many times, I moved here from the UK about a decade ago. When I arrived, I struggled to hold
