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MRI scans on the rise despite shortfall in Medicare funding By Monica Attia Normal text size Advertisement Health practitioners and consumer advocates want every MRI to be covered fully by Medicare, with new figures showing more Australians are being sent for the scans as other imaging methods decline in use. Department of Health figures show a 20 per cent rise in the number of MRIs conducted over the past three years, with more than 1.3 million performed in the 2019-20 financial year. But depending on which machine is used, some scans are eligible for only a partial rebate. During the same three-year period, there was a 6 per cent fall in the number of X-rays, a 1 per cent fall in ultrasounds and a 4 per cent rise in CT scans. ....