Rebekha Sharkie (Mayo, Centre Alliance) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Health, in writing, on 02 December 2019:

Further to the answer to question in writing No. 94 (House Hansard, 14 October 2019, page 201), and in respect of the Minister's statement on 5 April 2019 that 'GP bulk billing rates under Medicare rose to 86 per cent in the six months from July to December 2018, a record high for this period': what percentage of patients who visited a general practitioner for the period 1 July 2018 to 30 March 2019 were bulk billed.

Greg Hunt (Flinders, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The answer to the honourable member's question is as follows:

(1) For the period 1 July 2018 to 30 March 2019, 86% of visits to the general practitioner were bulk billed, a record high for the period.