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Have out-of-pocket costs to visit a GP gone up 25 per cent under the Coalition Government?

ABC Fact Check on out-of-pocket costs to visit a GP

The Australian Labor Party has announced that they promise to end the Medicare rebate freeze should they win the election.

After this announcement, Senator Kristina Keneally tweeted: “Under [Scott Morrison] and the Liberals, out-of-pocket costs to visit a GP are up 25 per cent and out-of-pocket costs to visit a specialist are up 40 per cent — because of the Liberals’ & Nationals’ Medicare freeze.”

Have the costs of seeing GPs gone up due to the rebate freeze?

 

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Synapse CEO Margaret Faux was consulted in the writing of this article.

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