Commission urges radical changes to public health system

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Is Australia about to get a fully federally funded health care system? That’s the question being asked around the country today, as the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission delivered their final report on health care in Australia.The commission stops short of recommending an immediate takeover of the health care system by Canberra, but does say that outpatient services and community health care should be federal concerns.

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Monday, July 27 2009
Produced By Justin Ellis
Featured in storyTom McBride - chair of the Australian Health Care Reform AllianceBob Wells - director of the Australian Primary Health Care Research InstituteGed Carney – federal secretary of the Nurses Federation of Australia
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