Catherine King

Catherine King

CATHERINE KING MP
Federal Member Ballarat
Shadow Minister Infrastructure, Transport & Regional Development

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Wednesday, 07 December 2016 / Published in MEDIA, NATIONAL MEDIA

TURNBULL’S BIG ELECTION MEDICARE CON – BULK BILLING 20% LOWER THAN GOVERNMENT CLAIMS

The Health Department has blown the lid on the Government’s bulk-billing claims, with new figures revealing that a third of Australians paid out of their own pocket to visit a GP in 2015-16.

In response to Labor questioning, the Department admits that only 64.7% of Australians had all of their GP visits bulk billed in 2015-16 – some 20% less than the figures being spruiked by Malcolm Turnbull.

Australians are less likely to be bulk billed and more likely to pay to see a GP.

This is proof that Malcolm Turnbull knows Australians are paying more for essential health care– and he still isn’t listening.

Millions of Australians voted against the Government’s cuts to health and Medicare, but almost six months after the election, nothing has changed.

Malcolm Turnbull promised Australians on the day before the election that they wouldn’t pay more to see the doctor. Now we know he was lying.

When it comes to Medicare, Malcolm Turnbull can’t be trusted.

Doctors are bulk billing less, people are paying more, and not a single cut has been dropped since the election.

Malcolm Turnbull’s health plans were bad then and they are even worse now.

WEDNESDAY, 7 DECEMBER 2016

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