Greater payroll taxes for GP clinics means lower profits. Clinics will seek to make up the shortfall in revenue by other means – and this could include reducing the number of patients they bulk bill.
- Professor of Law, Faculty of Law, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
Medicare access could be restricted to GPs who agree to bulk bill all patients, while allowing those who don’t bulk bill to rely solely on out-of-pocket payments.
There are two principles governments use to make public health decisions, and on mask-wearing they’re in direct conflict.
