Posted: 2023-02-20 18:11:33

If you thought it was becoming more difficult to find a bulk-billing GP in Tasmania, you would be right.

Tasmania continues to have the lowest bulk-billing rates of any state, with a significant drop during the last financial year, according to data released by the federal Health Department on Monday.

It showed 44.8 per cent of Tasmanians were always bulk-billed at the GP, compared with 15.6 per cent who were never bulk-billed.

The remainder were "usually" or "sometimes" bulk-billed.

Tasmania is behind all other states — with the gap widening over the past 10 years — but has better rates than the ACT, where average incomes are considerably higher.

The cost of visiting a GP is also a problem in Tasmania, with an estimated 7.6 per cent of people avoiding it for financial reasons, according to the Productivity Commission. That rate is highest in the country and more than double all the other states apart from NSW.

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