More bulk billing will ease the cost of living. But what Australia’s health system really needs is genuine reform | Stephen Duckett

Medicare remains the right infrastructure for funding primary care, but it is now more than 40 years old and needs to be updatedWorrying signs are emerging about aspects of Australia’s health system, which will require the attention of whoever wins the May election.Despite big money pledged for Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), only limited attention has been paid by the major parties to key reform priorities.financial barriers to care;managing chronic conditions;menta