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Isabella Corbett

The Government Wants To Overhaul Our Shonky Medicare System — Here’s What That Means For You

The federal government has recognised that bloody bastard known as “Medicare” is dogshit and wants to give the system a ‘yuge overhaul. About time, I say. Health Minister Mark Butler told reporters on Monday
Anthony Albanese

“The big thing we are looking at is how do you take pressure off the system, and we are doing that — talking to the AMA, talking to the Royal Australian College of GPs, talking with experts because we want to make sure that [the Strengthening Medicare Taskforce] is listened to,” he told Sunrise.

“It will guide the decisions that our Government needs to take in the May budget to finalise the investment of that strengthening Medicare fund that was a clear commitment to the Australian people at the last election,” Butler said.

The Australian

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