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	<title>Crikey &#187; Medicare</title>
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		<title>The fees war must have Hippocrates turning in his grave</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/the-fees-war-must-have-hippocrates-turning-in-his-grave/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/the-fees-war-must-have-hippocrates-turning-in-his-grave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[arthritis]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cataract surgery]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eye surgeons]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The health of patients with cataracts is being forgotten by both major parties in the debate about Medicare rebates for cataract surgery and for joint injections, writes <b>Dr Tim Woodruff</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Medicare&#8217;s future is at stake</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/medicare%e2%80%99s-future-is-at-stake-menadue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/medicare%e2%80%99s-future-is-at-stake-menadue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Denticare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Select]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Health and Hospital Reform Commission's new proposals on Denticare and Medicare Select will lay the grounds for the eventual demise of Medicare, says <b>John Menadue</b>.

]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>7</slash:comments>
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		<title>Don’t let health reform jeopardise the good works done by public hospital outpatient clinics</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/don%e2%80%99t-let-health-reform-jeopardise-the-good-works-done-by-public-hospital-outpatient-clinics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/don%e2%80%99t-let-health-reform-jeopardise-the-good-works-done-by-public-hospital-outpatient-clinics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There is no doubt that the community needs better access to specialist services closer to where they live and work, writes <b>Professor Ian Webster</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/04/don%e2%80%99t-let-health-reform-jeopardise-the-good-works-done-by-public-hospital-outpatient-clinics/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Consumer advocate goes eye to eye with ophthalmologists</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/consumer-advocate-goes-eye-to-eye-with-ophthalmologists/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/consumer-advocate-goes-eye-to-eye-with-ophthalmologists/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ophthalmologists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The 7:30 Report]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Exploiting a vulnerable health consumer is unethical behaviour for a professional group campaigning to maintain their high incomes. Which is exactly what ophthalmologists are doing, writes <b>Carol Bennett</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/consumer-advocate-goes-eye-to-eye-with-ophthalmologists/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Calls to review funding of unproven spinal procedure</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/calls-to-review-funding-of-unproven-spinal-procedure/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/calls-to-review-funding-of-unproven-spinal-procedure/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Aug 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Moynihan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachelle Buchbinder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vertebroplasty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A bitter brawl has erupted over the spinal procedure vertebroplasty, with new research finding that the Medicare covered procedure is "no better than [a] placebo".]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/calls-to-review-funding-of-unproven-spinal-procedure/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Medicare De-Select: does allowing an &#8220;opt out&#8221; mean the end of Medicare?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/medicare-de-select-does-allowing-an-opt-out-mean-the-end-of-medicare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/medicare-de-select-does-allowing-an-opt-out-mean-the-end-of-medicare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Select]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Along with the laudable plans to reform a basically robust system, the National Health and Hospitals Commission proposal suggests something that could undermine our system’s very fundamentals: Medicare Select.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/medicare-de-select-does-allowing-an-opt-out-mean-the-end-of-medicare/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd should sink his teeth into reducing sugar consumption</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/rudd-should-sink-his-teeth-into-reducing-sugar-consumption/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/rudd-should-sink-his-teeth-into-reducing-sugar-consumption/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preventive health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sugar]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Since everyone is in wild agreement that the cause of tooth decay is sugar, why are we not acting to restrict its consumption?, asks <b>David Gillespie</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/rudd-should-sink-his-teeth-into-reducing-sugar-consumption/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>Fixing health: Crikey reviews the latest report</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/fixing-health-crikey-reviews-the-latest-report/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/fixing-health-crikey-reviews-the-latest-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 04:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The much-anticipated report from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission has landed. <b>Bernard Keane</b> gets to grips with the detail.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/fixing-health-crikey-reviews-the-latest-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>ABC Radio stays mono</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/tips-and-rumours-23/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/tips-and-rumours-23/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 04:06:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Tips and rumours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ABC Radio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dennis Jensen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julie Bishop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Taiwan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=62026</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[One tipster questions if ABC Radio will actually go digital, and what's going on between Julie Bishop and Dennis Jensen?]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/28/tips-and-rumours-23/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Turnbull manages a budget week without silliness</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/mungo-turnbull-manages-a-budget-week-without-silliness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/mungo-turnbull-manages-a-budget-week-without-silliness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2009 03:24:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=59059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Turnbull did pretty well in budget week ... the only one of his colleagues who bagged him was Bronwyn Bishop.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/18/mungo-turnbull-manages-a-budget-week-without-silliness/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health budget: clever, but way off</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/health-budget-clever-but-way-off/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/health-budget-clever-but-way-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 03:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[midwifery]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=58006</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The health budget measures are a clever response to a difficult situation, writes <b>Robert Wells</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/13/health-budget-clever-but-way-off/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget 09 leaks: a Crikey list</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/budget-09-leaks-a-crikey-list/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/budget-09-leaks-a-crikey-list/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 06:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey Intern</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[border protection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Laurie Oakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[leaks]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wayne Swan]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=56623</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This year, with a GFC-affected Budget, leaks are being used to help people -- especially higher income earners -- adjust to the idea that it won't just be bonuses and handouts.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/budget-09-leaks-a-crikey-list/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Spinal procedure possibly no better than sham surgery</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/spinal-procedure-may-not-work-any-better-than-sham-surgery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/spinal-procedure-may-not-work-any-better-than-sham-surgery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 May 2009 03:54:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Moynihan</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second look]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spinal injuries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vertebroplasty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=56637</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A procedure performed regularly on thousands of people with painful spinal fractures may not in fact work, according to the preliminary results of scientific studies.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/05/08/spinal-procedure-may-not-work-any-better-than-sham-surgery/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Budget countdown: health caught in a catch 22</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/budget-countdown-health-caught-in-a-catch-22/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/budget-countdown-health-caught-in-a-catch-22/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Nov 1999 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Budget Countdown]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[federal health policy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[IVF]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Justine Elliott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=51495</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The more successful our health system, the longer Australians live -- and the longer they will need aged care services of all varieties.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/04/16/budget-countdown-health-caught-in-a-catch-22/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Senator Fielding a proud supporter of big business welfare</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/senator-fielding-a-proud-supporter-of-big-business-welfare/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/senator-fielding-a-proud-supporter-of-big-business-welfare/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Steve Fielding  has been more willing to flex his legislative muscle to assist the big end of town than Mr and Mrs Average, writes <b>Jennifer Doggett</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/13/senator-fielding-a-proud-supporter-of-big-business-welfare/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Steve Fielding: Defender of the wealthy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/25/steve-fielding-defender-of-the-wealthy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/25/steve-fielding-defender-of-the-wealthy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Sep 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[luxury car dealers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Steve Fielding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tax breaks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Medicare surcharge and health insurance rebates remain the most outrageous examples of rent-seeking in the Commonwealth sector, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/09/25/steve-fielding-defender-of-the-wealthy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>24</slash:comments>
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		<title>A single national insurer? Sounds like healthy policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/a-single-national-insurer-sounds-like-healthy-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/a-single-national-insurer-sounds-like-healthy-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[government funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Should we be moving away from private health insurance? <b>Ian McAuley</b> makes the case for a single national insurer.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/07/04/a-single-national-insurer-sounds-like-healthy-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>A GP’s lament: the patients who get a raw deal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/28/a-gps-lament-the-patients-who-get-a-raw-deal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/28/a-gps-lament-the-patients-who-get-a-raw-deal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a GP working in Sydney, I heartily endorse calls to overhaul the way we provide primary care, writes <b>Simon Willcock</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Why the private health insurance changes won’t break the system</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/23/why-the-private-health-insurance-changes-wont-break-the-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/23/why-the-private-health-insurance-changes-wont-break-the-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The evidence does not support claims that the budget’s private health insurance changes will break the public health system, writes <b>Jennifer Doggett</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>What will drive change in health?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/22/what-will-drive-change-in-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/22/what-will-drive-change-in-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Two forces are visible that will drive change in the health system and in the health debate even though both, to a fair extent, have to do with money, writes <b>Stephen Leeder</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Crikey Says</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/15/crikey-says/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/15/crikey-says/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wayne Swan's budget was pre-announced, pre-processed pap. So why did some of Australia's finest minds waste time covering it?]]></description>
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		<title>Private health insurers are such drama queens</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/private-health-insurers-are-such-drama-queens/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/13/private-health-insurers-are-such-drama-queens/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If the private health insurance industry is totally relying on a penalty imposed by the government to get healthy members in, how sustainable is their business? wonders </b>Michael Johnston</b>, Senior Policy Officer at CHOICE.]]></description>
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		<title>Mungo: Labor government supports Medicare. Shock.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/12/mungo-labor-government-supports-medicare-shock/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/12/mungo-labor-government-supports-medicare-shock/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Prime Minister Kevin Rudd thought the changes to the Medicare levy were important enough to warrant a separate, pre-budget announcement. But his health minister, Nicola Roxon, has spent the time since playing them down, writes <b>Mungo MacCallum</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Private health insurance not to blame for all ills</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/07/private-health-insurance-not-to-blame-for-all-ills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/05/07/private-health-insurance-not-to-blame-for-all-ills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ian McAuley keeps finding new reasons for attacking the private health insurance industry, the latest being the industry’s contribution to inflation, writes <b>Andrew Podger</b>, former secretary of the Federal Department of Health and Aged Care
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tips and rumours</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/tips-and-rumours/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/03/10/tips-and-rumours/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Mar 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Lotus Notes vs. Microsoft. Re. &#8220;Tips and rumours&#8221; (Friday, item 8). &#8221;FAHCSIA is in the middle of a transition from a prehistoric Lotus Notes platform to MS Office, which is not going anywhere near as smoothly or as cheaply as expected.&#8221; Yet again another Commonwealth Department has been wooed from an established, industrial strength and modern [...]]]></description>
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