Albanese makes $8.5b Medicare overhaul his signature election policy

Copy link Copied Copy link Copied Subscribe to gift this article Gift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Already a subscriber? Login Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make Medicare the centrepiece of his re-election campaign, promising to spend about $8 billion over four years to boost payments to doctors who eliminate out-of-pocket costs for patients. At a rally in Launceston on Sunday, Albanese will announce that a re-elected Labor government would broaden an existing incentive paid to doctors who don’t charge patients out-of-pocket fees – known as bulk billing – and create a new top-up payment for clinics that bulk bill for every visit.

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