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Budget 2019 boosts aged care and mental health, and modernises Medicare: health experts respond

  • Written by Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
Budget 2019 boosts aged care and mental health, and modernises Medicare: health experts respondThe budget provides some short-term boosts for aged care and mental health but little opportunity for much-needed structural reform. Shutterstock

This year’s budget includes $448.5 to modernise Australia’s Medicare system, by encouraging people with diabetes to sign up to a GP clinic for their care. The clinic will receive a lump sum...

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