Hunter MP Dan Repacholi at the opening of a Medicare Urgent Care Clinic in Cessnock in 2023. Picture by Marina Neil

Two GP clinics at Cessnock and Kurri Kurri, in the Hunter region, became fully bulk-billed in September 2025 in a move one local GP said would mean patients would no longer have to choose between their health and groceries.

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The transition of All Ways Healthcare clinics at Cessnock and Kurri Kurri resulted from the federal government's "historic $8.5 billion investment in Medicare", representing the largest single investment in the scheme since its inception 40 years ag

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