The latest Medicare data from July 2017 to March 2018 shows Australian patients have set a new record for the highest GP bulk-billing rate ever achieved for this period – increasing to 85.8 per cent nationwide. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said locally in the south east Queensland region, the bulk billing…
The Turnbull Government will drastically reduce the cost of a life-saving new medicine, which uses a patient’s own immune system to track down and destroy cancer cells. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said from May 1, classical Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients would no longer pay over $200,000 per course of treatment, now only…
More patients in Forde and the neighbouring Rankin electorate are seeing their doctor without paying a cent, with the bulk-billing rate increasing to a record 85.8 per cent in the first half of the 2017–18 financial year. This is the highest GP bulk-billing rate on record for the July to December period and it is…
Patients in Forde are benefiting from the Turnbull Government’s commitment to Medicare with the national GP bulk billing rate for the September quarter increasing to a record 85.9 per cent. This is the highest bulk billing rate ever achieved for a September quarter – and significantly higher than Labor’s 82.2% when they were last in…
Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen has welcomed a Turnbull Government commissioned review of the accessibility by health providers of Medicare card numbers. “A robust and secure health care system is the cornerstone of our community’s success here in Forde,” Mr van Manen said. “I rang Health Minister Greg Hunt and Human Services Minister…
The Turnbull Government is providing free continuous glucose monitoring devices to eligible children and people under the age of 21 years with type 1 diabetes. This new lifesaving technology will reduce the hassle of the daily finger-prick for people with diabetes who use this new product. Federal Member for Forde Bert van Manen MP said…