Exclusive: State and federal governments to consider replacing commonwealth health insurance rebate with direct subsidies for hospital proceduresFederal and state governments are considering abandoning the $6bn commonwealth health insurance rebate in favour of direct subsidies to private hospitals in a radical revamp of hospital funding, a leaked draft agreement reveals.
The hospital shake-up is one of a series of complex interlinked deals critical to the commonwealth’s chances of getting state government support for an increase in the goods and services tax – shaping as the central battleground of this year’s federal election.
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Source: theguardian.com