Health care is universal in Australia, but this doesn’t mean seeing a doctor is always free.
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GPs say they can’t survive on bulk-billing. But abandoning it altogether might leave vulnerable patients out in the cold.
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The NHS has promised that by 2024, up to a third of hospital outpatient consultations will be undertaken by video link. This is unlikely to be realised quite so quickly.
Poorer children in Australia are less likely to receive their share of Medicare funding, particularly in the first years of life.
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David King is a Friend of The Conversation.Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Queensland
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Principal Fellow, Department of Paediatrics, The University of Melbourne
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Research fellow, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Primary Care Health Sciences, University of Oxford
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Associate Professor Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior lecturer, The University of Queensland
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Conjoint Clinical Associate Professor, Deakin University School of Medicine and Specialist Pain Medicine Physician, Deakin University
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Professor of Language and Social Psychology, Loughborough University
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Public Health, Southern Cross University
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Lecturer, King's College London
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Brett Montgomery is a Friend of The Conversation.
Senior Lecturer in General Practice, The University of Western Australia
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Jim Gillespie is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor in Health Policy, Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data & Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne