“It costs 34 per cent more to see your doctor today than it did when the Liberals came to power.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Mr Albanese's claim is misleading. In more than seven years of Coalition government, the average out-of-pocket cost for GP visits for those patients who are charged fees increased by 38 per cent. However, more than 66 per cent of patients pay nothing at all to visit their GP, according to data from 2018-19. Bulk-billed services, or those that cost patients nothing, account for the vast majority of GP services. And as Fact Check recently explained, bulk-billing rates have increased under the C...
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In short
Anthony Albanese (Opposition Leader) made this claim around 8 June 2021. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 29 July 2021, 51 days later. Its rating was “Misleading”.
Anthony Albanese has 11 checked claims in this archive. Fact-checking organisations rated 2 of them false or fake, 4 misleading or mixed and 5 true.
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This check was done by RMIT ABC Fact Check, not by DoesItStand. We list it so you can find it. Their full evidence and reasoning are in their article.