MORE FREE GP VISITS IN BLAIR WITH MORE BULK BILLING
More Australians in Blair will get free visits to the GP if the Albanese Labor Government is re-elected, with an additional 117,700 bulk billed visits and a boost to the number of fully bulk billing GP practices to around 35 in the local area - around four times the current nine practices.
Across the state, there will be an additional 3.6 million bulk billed GP visits, saving locals hundreds of dollars a year, depending on where they live and how often they visit their GP.
A retiree couple in Blair with typical GP service usage may save around 341 a year in out-of-pocket costs, if their practice goes fully bulk billing and their GP visits become free.
An older family, with two parents in their 50s and two young adult children in their late teens or early 20s, may save around 236 - 344,000 in additional Medicare payments a year.
The additional Medicare payments a bulk billed practice may receive each year will depend on a range of factors, including the practice location and how many Medicare services it provides each year:
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Location |
Additional Medicare payments |
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Small GP practice |
Average GP practice |
Very large GP practice |
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City & Metro |
344,000 |
104,000 |
8.5 billion investment from the Albanese Labor Government is the single largest investment in Medicare since its creation over 40 years ago, and it will deliver an additional 18 million bulk billed GP visits nationally. Labor's record investment restores the 50 billion out of public hospitals and abolish bulk billing altogether." "Then Peter Dutton started a six-year freeze to Medicare rebates that froze GP incomes and stripped billions out of Medicare." "Peter Dutton's record on Medicare isn't just scary, it's bloody terrifying. Why would you trust the person who created this mess in the first place to clean it up?" Quotes attributable to Federal Member for Blair Shayne Neumann: "Labor built Medicare, we will protect it and improve it for all Australians. "There will be more free GP visits with more bulk billing in Blair because of our historic investment in Medicare. "Thirty-five GP practices in Blair will get support to go fully bulk billing, getting more in Medicare payments than they lose in charging patients out-of-pockets. "We want every Australian to know they only need their Medicare card, not their credit card, to receive the healthcare they need." "At this election Australia faces a choice: a stronger Medicare with more bulk billing for all Australians under Labor, or more cuts to Medicare under Peter Dutton's Liberals." "A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will make the single largest investment in Medicare since its creation over 40 years ago." 
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