Greg Hunt intervenes to save private hospitals at risk of collapse

Private hospitals will be prevented from collapsing after their incomes plummeted when the Morrison government ordered many elective surgeries be cancelled to preserve masks and free up capacity for a coronavirus surge.

"This is on the expectation that all private hospitals retain capacity for responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and non-COVID-19 activities and are able to resume operations at the end of [the pandemic]," the letter said."The Australian public needs to have confidence that deferred activities, such as non-urgent elective surgery, will be able to be resumed and accelerated at the appropriate time.

While the Victorian government is close to signing a deal that would enable the state's private hospitals to remain open for business - allowing them to keep paying suppliers and staff - NSW is pushing for a more conservative model that operators fear will lead to closures. NSW private hospitals are dissatisfied with the state government's approach of asking private hospitals to submit individual proposals outlining the number of beds they are offering to hold open, with the department to respond with how many beds they want to pay for.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

Dana_Adele If my tax money is going to a private hospital to save them, are they still going to charge an arm and a leg for services?

Dana_Adele MAKE SURE that the Government gets equity, in return for funds... otherwise you are just pumping money out of Australia, AGAIN.

Dana_Adele Probably end up being a regular thing, like all our taxes going to private schools

Dana_Adele So we own them now? They are now public hospitals?

Dana_Adele does covid19 degrade the bricks?

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Dana_Adele Socialism, Communism and big government

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