Health Minister Sussan Ley will keep searching for policies that will impose a "value signal" on Medicare - but means-testing bulk billing has been ruled out.
Health Minister Sussan Ley has ruled out means-testing bulk billing as an immediate fix in the search for replacements for the dumped $5 GP co-payment.
The government will persist with its search for policies that would impose a "value signal" on Medicare, Ms Ley said, and still wants to reduce bulk billing rates for non-concessional patients who can afford to pay.
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