Medicare freeze to cost Victoria $230 million

By Josh Gordon, State Political Editor
Updated June 29 2016 - 6:08pm, first published 5:54pm
The cost of an average emergency department presentation could increase by as much as $544. Photo: Edwina Pickles
The cost of an average emergency department presentation could increase by as much as $544. Photo: Edwina Pickles

Victoria has gone on the offensive over health, with departmental advice warning a Turnbull Government decision to freeze the Medicare rebate for an extra two years will cost the state $230 million.

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