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"Medicare’s growth isn’t out of control – It’s actually slowing"

20/1/2015

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One member of the public decided to crunch the figures himself - "As you can see, Medicare spending and GP rebates cost us bugger-all, relatively speaking. (Medicare represents just 30% of the Federal government’s overall health spending, and GP rebates only 8%.) And our GDP and tax revenue are increasing by a lot more each year than our health and Medicare spending."

See his webpage here.
Hear his interview on ABC radio here.
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