Australia is predicting a nationwide shortage of approximately 11,000 family doctors by 2032
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“General practice, which is the backbone of our health-care system, is in a truly parlous state,” Butler said. “Not enough medical graduates, young doctors, are choosing general practice as their career because they see the difficulty of working as a general practitioner. We’ve got to turn this around,” Butler said.Article content
Called “extra billing” in Canada, and banned by the Canada Health Act of 1984, Australian GPs can charge what is called a “gap” fee. A GP can directly bill the government for a service, and the patient pays nothing out of pocket. That’s called “bulk-billing” Down Under, but doctors don’t have to do it. Instead they can charge the patient directly, who later claims back from the government the medicare rate for the visit. The difference is known as a “gap” fee.
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