Medicare set to undergo major overhaul in a bid to strengthen and modernise it

The Federal Health Minister is flagging a major overhaul of Medicare, more than four decades since it was first established, as the government awaits a report into the system.

Nurses, paramedics and allied health professionals will soon be included in the delivery of primary care as Medicare faces the biggest overhaul in its 40-year history. (Getty) Source: iStockphoto / robynmac/Getty Images/iStockphoto

HIGHLIGHTS

• The search for bulk billing general practices is another sign of the growing strain on Medicare.
• Labor is preparing to open up Medicare to a wider range of medical professionals in a bid to save universal health care.
• A new blended funding model to better address primary care could include professionals like nurses, pharmacists and paramedics- in a bid to help ease pressure from hospital emergency departments.

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Medicare set to undergo major overhaul in a bid to strengthen and modernise it

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