In other words, as Labor and most health experts and professionals have been telling the government since day one, cutting frontline GP services is a false saving that costs the health budget much, much more in the longer term. So, three expert opinions, from three very different, but highly credible and independent sources all reach the same conclusion: Australia has one of the world’s most efficient and effective health systems, with no evidence that spending is unsustainable. It’s proof that when a government is committed to Medicare it is possible to deliver an affordable and sustainable health system without making pensioners and families pay a tax every time they need a doctor. It’s also proof that the entire rationale for the GP tax is nothing more than an ideological attempt to gut health and wreck Medicare. The evidence is in and the figures do not lie. Medicare can continue as a strong, affordable universal health care system and it is perfectly possible to ensure that health spending is sustainable without punishing people with a GP tax version 1, 2 or 3.
Posted on: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 05:17:26 +0000
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