Health Reform
Governments of either persuasion don’t like it when they don’t get their own way in the Senate.
However, in recent days the Rudd government has taken the levels of whingeing, moaning and sulking about so called ‘Senate obstruction’ to new levels. No doubt this is all part of a deliberate pre-election strategy, seeking to justify the government’s failings and perhaps even the need for a double dissolution election.
No less than five senior Ministers fronted a press conference last week accusing the Senate of the worst obstruction in 30 years, while the Prime Minister shouted ‘get out of our way’.
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No, you won’t see dolphins cavorting through the surf if you stare at it long enough.
Enough to make your eyes bleed, isn’t it? The model forms part of the submission by the geniuses at Accenture to the National Health and Hospital Reforms Commission - you know, the crowd who released a report containing 123 recommendations on how to give a Prime Minister a headache yesterday.
The report is worth a read, and as Leo Shanahan described it yesterday, a much-needed blueprint for healthcare reform in this country. Some of it is mum-and-apple-pie agreeableness on better outcomes for rural and remote communities, or woolly stuff like this:
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Lance says:
Lets face if we decieve what we get. Electing Rudd has a price and the australian people are really paying for it. In 10 years KRudd/Roxon will be enjoying their pensions and not giving two hoots about the mess/debt they have left for future gnerations. Read more »
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Paul Colgan says:
On the cost of reform vs the necessity of tax increases: GPs recently complained they were drowning in red tape - saying they were spending up to a quarter of their hours on paperwork rather than seeing patients. All this administrative work involves bureaucrats counting beans, too. It adds up… Read more »
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