The Health Insurance Act 1973 requires a health practitioner to accept the relevant Medicare benefit as full payment of a service if it is bulk billed. This means that additional charges for consumables (with the exception of vaccines), record-keeping fees, booking fees, administration and registration in relation to the service cannot be raised. If a practitioner does not bulk bill a service, they may raise an extra charge to cover additional costs, such as for a consumable. However, in doing so, a practice forfeits eligibility for any bulk-billi...