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Alex Mitchell and Jacob Shteyman

MYSTERIOUS: New patients continue struggle to find bulk billing gps - You Need To See This

Calls to lift Medicare funding come as fewer GP clinics reportedly take on new bulk-billed patients. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

Fewer GP clinics than ever are taking on new bulk-billed patients, prompting calls to increase Medicare funding and stem the decline.

Australia's bulk-billing rate plummeted to 20.7 per cent at the start of 2025, down from 35.7 per cent two years earlier, data released by healthcare directory Cleanbill showed on Monday.

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