Senate debates

Wednesday, 30 July 2025

Questions without Notice

Medicare

2:18 pm

Photo of Anne RustonAnne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Aged Care) Share this | Hansard source

The Prime Minister told Australians on at least 71 occasions that it's 'free to see a GP' or:

All you need is your Medicare card, not your credit card.

But the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare data says that Australians paid almost $2 billion in out-of-pocket costs to see a GP in the year to May 2025. Minister, when will this $2 billion in out-of-pocket costs be reduced to $0, as promised by the Prime Minister?

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