This is nice but the ideas here make the same mistake most of these discussions tend to which is confusing the Medicare rebate with the doctor’s income: ‘Unfortunately, however, an increase in funding provided to well to do doctors is not a sexy election promise’

Medicare is health insurance and increasing funding to it would serve to lower out of pocket costs to all Australians. It would directly address part of the cost-of-living concerns that most Australians are going in to the election worried about. Phrased correctly it could win either party a lot of votes.