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Andrew Brown

BIZARRE: Commemorative medicare cards to mark 40th anniversary - What They Never Told You

Medicare has been going for 40 years since its introduction by the Hawke government in 1984. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

GP clinics are facing the most uncertainty since the beginning of Medicare, Health Minister Mark Butler has declared, ahead of the scheme's 40th anniversary.

Mr Butler has called for more GPs to offer up greater bulk billing rates for patients, following a tripling of the bulk billing incentive, which kicked in from November.

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