Imagine a system where you go to the GP, and just make a walk-in appointment. You sit for ten to fifteen minutes, see your GP. They check you over, direct you t

Imagine a system where you go to the GP, and just make a walk-in appointment. You sit for ten to fifteen minutes, see your GP. They check you over, direct you to go see the nurse, who checks your throat. Then afterwards, the GP tells you that they'll phone you later on with the results. You walk back past the reception desk, ask what the bill was, and they either say "that'll be $40 which you can claim back by taking the receipt around the corner to Medicare", or they'll say "Oh nothing to pay, it's all bulk billed". You walk out having either spent nothing, or spent a few bucks which you get back after a five minute walk up the road. That was my recent experience.