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Double Dipping the Medicare funding pool

Double-dipping the Medicare funding pool …Dr @KangarooBeach writes for @GPsDownUnder in #MJAInSight … "Raiding the imaginary Medicare magic pudding to prop up hospital services means there’s less in the pot for primary care to do its work" … https://t.co/6XZCctEeY4 pic.twitter.com/bBajN9GrQ1 — MJA (@theMJA) May 21, 2018

May 21, 2018 in Political.

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