“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.”
What RMIT ABC Fact Check found
Senator Keneally's figures broadly check out, but there's more to the story when it comes to increased out-of-pocket costs. For a start, the initial 10 months of the rebate freeze was imposed on Labor's watch. At any rate, experts told Fact Check the increase could not be solely attributed to the freeze, which has now been lifted for GP consultations. Rather, they also blamed increased out-of-pocket patient costs on the rising cost of running a GP practice and the way in which general practic...
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In short
Kristina Keneally (Labor senator) made this claim around 25 March 2019. RMIT ABC Fact Check (Australia) looked into it and published its finding on 8 April 2019, 14 days later. Its rating was “More to the story”.
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