On Tuesday Albanese argued that the greatest lesson from the Covid-19 pandemic was “what a grave mistake it would be to take our public health system and Medicare for granted”.
“Right now, we could strengthen both the safety net and our sense that we are all in this together by making rapid antigen tests available free to every Australian through Medicare.” The comments raise the spectre of another election fought on trust over health funding, after Labor’s controversial claim the Coalition intended to privatise Medicare helped achieve an against-the-odds swing to the opposition. The CoalitionAsked if Labor will provide more funding to hospitals, Albanese said: “Labor will always be better on health and education than our opponent.
He decried what he called “patch-up jobs” of short-term funding arrangements in recent years under the Coalition, saying the health system needed certainty into the future. “The underlying problems we’re seeing in front of us are the states don’t think the commonwealth is being fair to them. They’re having to shoulder more of the burden and think it should be 50-50.”Care Reform Alliance, called the previous funding arrangement “grossly inadequate” and suggested the 50-50 funding split be maintained.
While states will push for more hospital funding, federal Labor is expected to announce measures to reduce out-of-pocket costs to attend the GP.
Bull shitty
Say that to the over 800 dead Victorians from Chairman Dan's dodgy hotel quarantine security recruited from Kings Cross. Families still have no closure.
Albo needs to spend more time in Victoria under Chairman Dan......VicHealth has been stripped under Chairman Dan pre virus.
So, Labor will stop funding private healthcare providers?
On economics,on debt,on spending, on education. Labor will always he better and has been proven time and time again. Liberals have given us record debt,the so called party of surplus
Australia will be better with modern Labor. Sensible considered people who believe in a functional community. Not a Darwinian dog eat dog battle of survival of the fittest, where opportunists play a zero sum game; a dysfunctional society where only 20% can live a normal life.
Very true.
A no shit Sherlock statement?
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