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Health Insurance Plan News

Abbott Slams Labor Blueprint For Health System Changes

Friday June 18, 2004
A leaked blueprint for Labor changes to Australia's health system proposes giving regional health authorities control over a budget of pooled Commonwealth and state funds, and canvasses the ``redirection" of the 30 per cent health insurance rebate.

Health Plan Pricey Dud, Say Experts

Monday June 7, 2004
The Howard Government's 30 per cent private health insurance rebate has been damned as an expensive failure that should be cut or scrapped.