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Principles for reforming public health insurance after 'Mediscare'

By Andrew Podger
Updated April 24 2018 - 10:31pm, first published July 29 2016 - 5:46pm

Malcolm Turnbull's promise to listen to the people and demonstrate his government's commitment to Medicare doesn't need to mean relaxing cost controls, letting health spending continue to increase faster than GDP or allowing service providers to exploit their powerful positions.

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