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Australia politics live: almost 2m extra free GP visits; NSW Coalition to hold crisis meeting

Natasha May

Almost a million extra bulk-billed GP visits in May

Natasha May

Natasha May

More than 2m extra bulk billed GP visits have occurred since the government tripled the bulk-billing incentive, new data shows.

The health minister, Mark Butler, has been regularly releasing data on bulk-billing rates which he says continue to improve each month since the introduction of higher incentives for doctors in November.

The latest monthly data for May shows approaching 1m (more than 915,000) additional free visits. The…


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