Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The propositions that are being put by members opposite are simply false. They are simply false. At the moment diagnostic providers that bulk bill receive 95 per cent of the rebate and the bulk-billing incentive. Under our proposal, if they charge a $7 co-payment they will receive 95 per cent of the rebate and the low-gap incentive, which is exactly the same. The Leader of the Opposition should stop running around the countryside trying to scare people and start dealing with the facts. We simply want to replace bulk-billing with a very modest $7 co-payment—that is all. It is exactly the same as Bob Hawke wanted to do—and he was a Labor legend.

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