Medicare is an amazing privilege of living in Australia. On 1 August 2020, the Federal government implemented significant changes to cardiac testing which limits bulk billing and medicare rebates for 1. Echocardiograms 2. Exercise stress tests 3. Consults performed immediately after tests Essentially, stress tests for patients without symptoms (unless diabetic) can't be performed through medicare (either bulk billed or rebatable). THIS DOES NOT MEAN THEY CAN'T...