After all the pain, Abbott plans co-payment amputation

By James Massola, Jacqueline Maley and Dan Harrison
Updated April 23 2018 - 9:31pm, first published February 28 2015 - 8:30pm

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has signalled the controversial Medicare co-payment could be dumped in a matter of days, while appearing to blame voters who have a "glass half empty" view of the world for the government's political woes.

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