The Politics of Medicare: Who Gets What, when and how

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University of New South Wales Press, 2004 - Business & Economics - 111 pages
Looks in detail at how the Howard government was elected on a promise to maintain Medicare, but has instead introduced a series of privatisation measures. Although the Liberal and National parties claim to support Medicare, they clearly favour a predominantly private system, while Labor continues to support an unspecified level of universality.