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Provides free access to treatments as a public patient in public hospitals, subsidized treatment by medical practitioners e.g. GP’s, increases equity and access to services for people of low socioeconomic statures, availability of bulk billing.
Long waiting lists for elective surgery, addition costs and strain on hospitals, additional costs to state governments, patients are still required to pay the gap amount, limitations to the level of choice available.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of Medicare?