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 ...
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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 ...
Couriermail16d
Labor unveils next step in Medicare overhaul
Western Australia is set to receive six clinics ... the urgent care people need – and all you will need is your Medicare card, not your credit card,” he said. “Whether your family needs ...
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Labor’s plan to expand bulk billing if re-elected in Federal Election
MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA – NewsWire Photos FEBRUARY 26, 2025: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese hold up a Medicare Card during a press conference at the Urgent Care Clinic at the Goonawarra Medical Centre ...
The Conversation23d
Labor and the Coalition have pledged to raise GP bulk billing. Here’s what the Medicare boost means for patients
Medicare was designed as a universal ... billing incentives for pensioners and health-care card-holders, children, people in rural and remote Australia and, in a political fix to appease then ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation23d
Will Labor's Medicare bulk-billing pledge make it cheaper to see your GP?
Photo shows Anthony Albanese on stage, holding up a Medicare card, as people clap ... That is not the future we want for Australia," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said. "This is a policy ...
The Australian Financial Review23d
Albanese makes $8.5b Medicare overhaul his signature election policy
“I want every Australian to know they only need their Medicare card, not their credit card ... That is not the future we want for Australia.” Sunday’s $8.5 billion announcement will also ...
Couriermail24d
Anthony Albanese announces $8 billion free GP visits to Aussies
That is not the future we want for Australia. “This is a policy that ... “No more wondering if you need to reach for your Medicare card or your credit card: Labor will put back into Medicare ...
British man who moved to Australia reveals seven things everyone needs to know before doing the same
Ross Johnston, who moved to Queensland with his wife, Sam, and children in 2020 during the pandemic, shared his top tips to ...
Australian Broadcasting Corporation23d
Albanese's Medicare fight may be over before it began as Dutton matches bulk bill cash
campaigning on Medicare is a way to reprise Peter Dutton's record as Australia's "worst health minister", according to a doctor's survey the government repeats at every opportunity. "Peter Dutton ...
Sky News Australia22d
Debt concerns rise over Medicare funding promise as both Labor and Coalition promise $8.5 billion boost
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced he would deliver the biggest Medicare investment since ... “(It) will hamper future efforts to reduce Australia’s punishingly high levels of income ...