Herald Sun | $5 more to see GP after Tony Abbott's backflip The Australian MILLIONS of Australians will pay $5 more to go to the doctor after Prime Minister Tony Abbott yesterday recast his controversial plans for a GP co-payment. But eight million concession card holders, children, pensioners, veterans and nursing home residents ... Medicare co-payment: penny drops as Abbott vows to listen and learn Abbott's GP co-payments aren't dead: it's a tweak not a termination Tony Abbott moves to plan B on Medicare co-payment for GP visits |