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New Medicare reforms won't fix everything but they start to tackle the system's biggest problems

  • Written by: Peter Breadon, Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
New Medicare reforms won't fix everything but they start to tackle the system's biggest problemsAAP/Tracey Nearmy

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has long said Medicare is in the worst shape it’s been in decades. Premiers have come to successive national cabinet meetings saying primary care is failing – and demanding reform and investment.

Fortunately, the policies Minister Butler outlined today at the National Press Club to...

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