Medicare is not unsustainable

In The facts on Medicare don't lie: it's affordable and effective without a GP tax Catherine King writes that Medicare has become cheaper, not more expensive.

Why Doctors will be forced to charge more...

Over at Crikey's health blog Marie McInerney has an interesting table in the article GP co-payments – deregulation of the bulk billing market. It shows how payments to doctors will change under the Government's GP co-payment proposal:

Note, Doctors will also receive $5 less for non-bulked billed consultations so expect them to go up as well.