6 June 2021 - More Australians than ever are getting the medical care they need at no cost to themselves, with almost nine out of 10 visits to the GP in the nine months to March 2021 provided with no out of pocket cost to the patient.

GP bulk billing rates reached an all-time high of 88.7% for the period from July 2020 to March 2021. This is three percentage points higher than the same period last year (85.7%) and 6.7 percentage points higher than the same period in 2012-13 (82.0%).

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