17 August 2022 - Doctors have issued the federal government with an urgent demand for more Medicare funding, warning general practice clinics are “running for the defibrillator” and need an immediate rescue plan as patients struggle to access bulk billing and more surgeries close their doors.

Health Minister Mark Butler is refusing to commit to raising the diminished Medicare rebate ­despite patient gap fees being at an all-time record, and doctors’ groups are now saying they cannot wait any longer for action as a federal task force ponders how to spend $750m that Labor has committed to fixing primary care.

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