November’s MBS changes are meant to be big, big news: What they mean for you

The federal budget headlines are finally becoming reality.
Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Increased bulk-billing incentives, a new higher rebate for 60 minute plus consultations, along with new items for phone calls and aged care are coming into being on 1 November.

The scale of the revolution is still much-disputed. But these reforms are meant to represent something big for a specialty battered by the chill winds of the Medicare freeze.