Budget 2013: Health Minister Tanya Plibersek [HD] ABC RN Breakfast
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Channel: ABC News (Australia) · 2013 · Music
It will be harder to qualify for the Medicare Safety Net after the Gillard Government scrapped a tax break for medical expenses in last night's budget. Steve Hambleton, the head of the AMA, believes that the government is simply "getting sick people to help fix the budget black hole". Despite warnings that the health budget is unsustainable, there will be more money for cancer care and a record spend on hospitals. RN Breakfast homepage: http://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/breakfast
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