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Health Funding Is State Problem: Abbott

Saturday January 29, 2005
The Federal Government has rejected any increase in its funding of public hospitals, saying the financial pressure from the rising costs of health care and increasing demand on the system is the responsibility of the states and territories.

Medibank Is Born After Long, Difficult Labour Doctors, Health Funds And Non-labor States Fiercely Opposed Universal Health Care

Saturday January 1, 2005
IT TOOK a narrow election win and the historic joint sitting of Parliament in August 1974 for the Whitlam government finally to deliver its promise of a universal health scheme.