WA: Crean pledges to restore bulk billling without extra taxes
Opposition Leader SIMON CREAN says Labor is committed to saving Medicare and restoringthe rate of bulk billing without increasing taxes.
He says the federal government is not using its health budget effectively and has failedto address the dramatic decline in bulk billing over the last three years.
Mr CREAN's told Perth radio 6PR that Labor would restore the patient rebate to doctorsto 100 per cent, up from the present 85 per cent, which would help restore bulk billingrates.
However, Mr CREAN has refused to be drawn on whether he plans to abolish the privatehealth insurance rebate.
AAP RTV alm/rp
KEYWORD: MEDICARE CREAN (PERTH)
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