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Nurses attack Labor push for private health care

June 16, 2009 – 9:00 am

Ian McAuley, a Centre for Policy Development Fellow and lecturer in Public Sector Finance at the University of Canberra, wrote this piece in Crikey yesterday, examining why the private health insurance industry is campaigning against changes that are actually going to increase incentives for high income earners to hold private health insurance.
He concluded that the [...]

By Croakey | Posted in health reform, nurses and nursing, private health insurance, public health | Also tagged ANF, Ian McAuley, private health insurance | Comments (0)

A pressing question about private health care

February 3, 2009 – 10:23 am

Mark Ragg, whose recent report, Fine, but not fair, has generated some interesting debate about health inequalities, has a question for readers:
“Thanks all who provided comment. I accept both bouquets for presentation and brickbats for not digging deeply enough. I’d like to point out, as a meager defence, that I was well aware of the [...]