section_path: Prime Minister of Australia (2022–present)/Domestic affairs/Health
section_name: Health
paragraph_text: Health
  
  In May 2023, Albanese's government invested $3.5 billion to triple the fee general practitioners receive for bulk billing their patients in order to address the decline in rates of bulk billing. In February 2025, Albanese committed his government to invest $8.5 billion in Medicare services including $18 million in subsidised general practitioner's visits, 400 nursing scholarships and general practitioner training programs for 2,000 doctors The Albanese government implemented an election promise to fund non-emergency urgent care clinics, opening up 58 across every state and territory by the beginning of 2024.