Record number of Australians receiving Medicare benefits
(WorldNews Politics)

21 August 2017 More Australian patients are seeing their doctor without having to reach for their wallet with GP bulk billing rates for the 2016-17 financial year increasing to 85.7% compared to 85.1% in 2015-16. This is the highest bulk billing rate for any financial year since the inception of Medicare. It is also significantly higher than Labor`s 82.2% in 2012-13. Bulk billing rates for the June 2017 quarter were...