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Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne

Private health insurers are now offering GP telehealth services. Is this a risk to Medicare?

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Australia’s second-largest private health insurer, Bupa, has recently started offering its members three free GP telehealth consultations a year. This follows other insurers such as nib offering its members digital GP consults, for things like prescriptions and medical certificates, for a fee.

But if you search the government’s Compare Policies website that helps people choose among different private health plans, you will find no plans that officially cover GP visits.

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