Bulk-billing empowered GPs – it was a revolutionary force

Dr Con Costa
Dr Con Costa
Dr Con Costa.

To mark the 40th anniversary of Medicare, we asked Dr Con Costa to write about the changes it brought about.

The GP, who still bulk-bills all his patients, has been a leading light in the Doctors Reform Society – created back in 1973 as an alternative voice to the AMA which was deeply sceptical about the push to a universal health insurance system.