'Too early to tell' if GPs will be cheaper under new Medicare changes, local doctors say

Kate McIlwain
Updated May 15 2023 - 4:05pm, first published 2:00pm
Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health Emma McBride and Cunningham MP Alison Byrnes spoke to doctors about changes to Medicare. Picture by Adam McLean.
Assistant Minister for Rural and Regional Health Emma McBride and Cunningham MP Alison Byrnes spoke to doctors about changes to Medicare. Picture by Adam McLean.

Illawarra GPs say changes to Medicare will allow them to keep providing free care to their most vulnerable patients, but that it's too early to tell if appointments will get cheaper - or easier to find - for others.

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Kate McIlwain

Kate McIlwain

Journalist

For more than a decade, I've helped the Illawarra Mercury set the news agenda across the region. Currently I'm the paper's health reporter - covering the stories of Illawarra workers and residents in the wake of a global pandemic and at a time where our health systems are stretched to the limit.

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