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Why god-doctors and not bulk billing are Medicare’s biggest problem

Correctly diagnosing what is driving the crisis in front-line health will provide a clearer understanding of how to fix the national insurance scheme.

Tom Burton

One aim of the new $10 million Treasury evaluation policy impact team is to ensure clear understanding of the problem policy initiatives are trying to solve.

Which is what makes the $3.5 billion scheme to treble bulk billing incentives intriguing, to say the least.

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Tom Burton was government editor at The Australian Financial Review.

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