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Exclusive: Data shows low bulk-billing rates in affluent Sydney suburbs as well as several regional electorates and Tasmania
Tasmania has some of the lowest bulk-billing rates in the country – and they’re getting worse, a nationwide investigation by Guardian Australia reveals.
Data obtained exclusively by Guardian Australia shows the percentage of patients who did not have to pay any fee to see their GP in a given year and were entirely bulk billed. Bulk billing is when the full cost of a consultation is paid for by Medicare.
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