Jordon Steele-John (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Greens are joining with the chorus of community members who want to see pathology tests continue to be bulk-billed. Right now, 99.6 per cent of all pathology tests in Australia are bulk-billed, but the future of this is at risk due to 24 years of successive governments failing to index the Medicare rebates on pathology. Right now, the rebates for pathology tests are exactly the same as they were in 1999. This is a dire situation that must be remedied immediately. While the Labor government have proposed some pathology items be—

Sue Lines (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

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