If you've looked around the waiting room of your local GP clinic recently you may have noticed posters urging you to email your MP to "keep pathology bulk billed". "Technological advances are continuing to drive down the cost of providing and operating many pathology services," Health Minister Mark Butler said. In 2016 a "Don't Kill Bulk Bill" blitz was launched …
By the Specialist Reporting Team's Penny Timms By now, you’ve probably heard the government has announced a tripling of the bulk-billing incentive that’s paid to doctors to see certain patients. But the rate has not kept pace with the increasing cost of delivering healthcare, so patients have had to pick up the difference and many doctors have abandoned bulk billing …