Senate debates
Wednesday, 30 July 2025
Questions without Notice
Medicare
2:18 pm
Anne 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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