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Bulk-billing rates are improving across all states and territories following incentives introduced late last year, the government says.

There could be a reprieve in Canberra’s low rate of bulk billing practices if authorities get their way in the upcoming Federal Budget. Latest figures show a…

Millions of Australians are expected to find it easier to see a bulk billing doctor as part of the federal governments wide-sweeping changes to Medicare. 

Patients across the country are paying an average of up to $50 out of their own pocket to see a GP as bulk billing is in free fall. As expected…

A funding anomaly means patients are being hit with thousands in out-of-pocket costs. Now 12,000 people are calling for change.

Pensioner Paul Bevington struggles to afford groceries, and he can't find a general practitioner who will bulk bill his medical appointments in his hometown of Alice Springs. 

It is a move the federal government hopes will help put a stop to the rapid decline of bulk-billing rates, but GPs say the changes still mean most people seeing a doctor will have to pay for it.

In this podcast, @michellegrattan canvasses the budget with Treasurer @JEChalmers, Shadow Treasurer @AngusTaylorMP and The Conversation's politics + society editor @amandadunn10

The centrepiece of last night's federal budget is designed to reduce healthcare costs for some of Australia's most vulnerable people. So how much is it likely to help?