Medscape3d
Australian Politicians Promise Billions for Healthcare
Australia’s two major political parties have committed billions in new funding to Medicare before the election date has even ...
Medicare to offer bigger bulk billing rebates to patients in 17 locations across NSW, QLD, VIC, WA and SA
Medicare rebates are getting a boost across 17 Australian communities as the remoteness of each locality is reclassified ...
To make Medicare healthy again, our leaders must treat these worrying symptoms
Universal health care is expensive and getting more so, which is a problem when politicians like appearing to cut taxes and ...
Australia government pledges A$8.5 billion to healthcare as election looms
Australia's Labor government on Saturday promised an extra A$8.5 billion ($5.4 billion) for the country's universal healthcare system if re-elected at a national election due by May, amid sagging ...
Medicare Explained
If it goes ahead, it’ll be the biggest single investment in Medicare since it was created. So, what is Medicare? How did it change health care in Australia and why do some say it needs help? Wren ...
50 new urgent care clinics are on the cards. But are the existing ones working? Here’s what we know so far
Once these 50 new clinics open in the 2025–26 financial year, the government says four in five Australians will live within a ...
PM defends economy, attacks Coalition’s Medicare record in 60 Minutes interview with Karl Stefanovic
Anthony Albanese has defended his government’s money management and attacked the Coalition’s record on Medicare in a ...
Albanese's Medicare fight may be over before it began as Dutton matches bulk bill cash
As Anthony Albanese was revving up a Labor crowd on stage in Launceston, his opponent's team issued a press release that sucked the air out of his pitch.
World Socialist Web Site18d
Australia: False bipartisan Medicare promises underscore political crisis
Even those statistics hide the true extent of the Medicare crisis. Between October 2024 and January 2025, the healthcare directory website “Cleanbill” called 6,925 GP clinics across Australia ...
Be very wary of Dutton's Medicare promise. The Coalition hates universal healthcare
Some months ago, I wrote that the original design of Medicare had a fundamental defect. Alas, Labor's $8.5 billion injection ...
Medicare funding boost not an immediate cure, say doctors groups
Doctors’ groups have welcomed funding pledges by both Labor and the Coalition to address Medicare bulk billing rates. But others like the Australian Medical Association say the money is not a silver ...
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Strengthening Medicare: 50 more Medicare Urgent Care Clinics
A re-elected Albanese Labor Government will build on its historic investment in Medicare to expand the availability of free, urgent care, with a $644 million commitment to open another 50 Medicare ...