More than 5.4m extra doctor visits were bulk billed last year after incentives boost, health minister says | Medicare Australia

More than 5.4m additional visits to the doctor were bulk billed in the last year due to a boost to incentives, according to figures released by the health minister, Mark Butler.

The proportion of all doctors’ visits that are bulk billed has increased by 1.7 points from 75.6% in October last…