Australia's healthcare system is a one-of-a-kind mix of public and private services. Medicare is the universal public safety net, and there is also a large private health insurance market. Medicare ...

More than $115 million will be spent to integrate 520 Centrelink and Medicare Australia shopfronts. A four-year program has also been launched to allow customers to claim online. The new service will ...

Medicare figures quietly published online show bulk-billing has not improved from a year ago, despite billions being tipped into the scheme. As out-of-pocket costs rise, GPs are delivering 10,000 ...

"PERVERSE" incentives cost health care system billions, medical expert says, with some providers making $80K a day. n a scathing article for the Medical Journal of Australia published today, GP Dr ...

Medicare overhaul will take effect on Saturday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman A $8.5bn Medicare overhaul will take effect on Saturday, meaning more Australians will soon be able to see their ...

New data quietly published online shows bulk-billing rates have stagnated since last year. The opposition says it shows too ...

Changes to Medicare bulk billing might mean you have a better chance of seeing a doctor without having to pay the gap under the government's new incentives. Hello, I'm Lisa, a journalist at The Senior ...

Health groups say the government remains set on bringing in a Medicare co-payment, despite public and backbench MP concern. Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley met key health consumer and community ...

The $8.5bn Medicare overhaul will take effect this Saturday, allowing all Medicare holders better access to bulk-billing. Currently, those who with a Commonwealth concession card and children aged ...

Unlocking an “Aladdin’s cave” of Medicare data is the key to saving Australia’s celebrated health system and changing ...