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	<title>Crikey &#187; Medicare</title>
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		<title>Tackling health waste is about more than &#8216;a few bad apples&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/tackling-health-waste-is-about-more-than-a-few-bad-apples/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/tackling-health-waste-is-about-more-than-a-few-bad-apples/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:50:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[doctors]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health funding]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269319</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Too often we seem to forget in debates about our mythical "health system" that much healthcare is provided by private interests, whether private practitioners or companies.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>45</slash:comments>
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		<title>An apple a day &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/crikey-says-an-apple-a-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/17/crikey-says-an-apple-a-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:50:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Medical Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Safety Net]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Webber]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=269286</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Medical Association came out swinging yesterday in response to an article in <em>The Medical Journal of Australia</em> by Dr Tony Webber, a GP who until recently headed the Medicare watchdog.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Protests over Better Access cutbacks miss bigger concerns about fairness</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/protests-over-better-access-cutbacks-miss-bigger-concerns-about-fairness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/protests-over-better-access-cutbacks-miss-bigger-concerns-about-fairness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:04:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Companies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Better Access]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health services]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=240025</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We need to be looking at major structural changes to how we fund our health system, writes <b>Dr Tim Woodruff</b>, of the Doctors Reform Society.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/09/protests-over-better-access-cutbacks-miss-bigger-concerns-about-fairness/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>AMA not exactly famous for leadership in health reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/22/ama-not-exactly-famous-for-leadership-in-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/22/ama-not-exactly-famous-for-leadership-in-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Mar 2011 04:14:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare locals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=212156</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Australian Medical Association continued its tradition of opposing key health reforms, writes health policy analyst <b>Jennifer Doggett</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/22/ama-not-exactly-famous-for-leadership-in-health-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>What will we learn from the Medicare Locals tender documents?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/02/21/what-will-we-learn-from-the-medicare-locals-tender-documents/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/02/21/what-will-we-learn-from-the-medicare-locals-tender-documents/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2011 04:46:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare locals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=205268</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The tender documents for the first of the new primary health care organisations known as Medicare Locals are expected to be released any day now. <b> Dr Harry Hemley</b> has some questions about how they will work. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/02/21/what-will-we-learn-from-the-medicare-locals-tender-documents/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ideas for how Medicare Locals can engage their communities</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/10/12/crowdsourcing-ideas-for-how-medicare-locals-can-engage-their-communities/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/10/12/crowdsourcing-ideas-for-how-medicare-locals-can-engage-their-communities/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Oct 2010 23:36:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medicare locals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=177722</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Some of the questions about the government's health care reform plans are around whether Medicare Locals will manage to genuinely engage their communities. <b>Scott White</b> asks <em>Croakey</em> readers for their suggestions. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/10/12/crowdsourcing-ideas-for-how-medicare-locals-can-engage-their-communities/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Better outcome for mental health care? Get your hand off it.</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/better-outcome-for-mental-health-care-get-your-hand-off-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/better-outcome-for-mental-health-care-get-your-hand-off-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 03:11:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Association of Social Workers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Better Outcomes in Mental Health Care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[occupational therapists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[social workers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=140968</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With the recent focus on social workers and the Medicare rebate, it is timely to promote greater awareness of what social workers provide in terms of psychological and emotional assistance, writes clinical social worker <b>Amy Addinsall</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/05/25/better-outcome-for-mental-health-care-get-your-hand-off-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd, despite handing out health biscuits, has hard calls to make</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/12/mungo-rudd-despite-handing-out-health-biscuits-has-hard-calls-to-make/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/12/mungo-rudd-despite-handing-out-health-biscuits-has-hard-calls-to-make/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Apr 2010 03:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Mungo MacCallum</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mungo MacCallum]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Afghanistan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[asylum seekers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[boat people]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal Election 2010]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[refugees]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Sri Lanka]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=129644</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd has finally admitted what everyone else realised some time ago: fixing the health system is going to cost a huge amount of money and it’s no good pretending otherwise.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/12/mungo-rudd-despite-handing-out-health-biscuits-has-hard-calls-to-make/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Diabetes announcement deserves more credit than the AMA’s giving it</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/01/diabetes-announcement-deserves-more-credit-than-the-ama%e2%80%99s-giving-it/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/01/diabetes-announcement-deserves-more-credit-than-the-ama%e2%80%99s-giving-it/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 02:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=127870</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There is much to praise in the federal government’s plans, announced yesterday, to improve the care of people with diabetes by establishing a system of voluntary enrolment with general practices, writes Professor <b>Philip Davies</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/04/01/diabetes-announcement-deserves-more-credit-than-the-ama%e2%80%99s-giving-it/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Ten well-kept secrets about health in Australia</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/10/ten-well-kept-secrets-about-health-in-australia/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/10/ten-well-kept-secrets-about-health-in-australia/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Mar 2010 02:18:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[aboriginal health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australian health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US health care]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=122068</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<b>Dr Alex Wodak</b>, president of the Australian Drug Law Reform Foundation, offers 10 well-kept secrets about the state of health in Australia.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/10/ten-well-kept-secrets-about-health-in-australia/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Menadue: Why the states should back Rudd&#8217;s health reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/05/menadue-why-the-states-should-back-rudds-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/05/menadue-why-the-states-should-back-rudds-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 02:45:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health funds]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospital reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=121035</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Government’s announcements on hospital reform are bold and deserve widespread support, writes <b>John Menadue</b>. The government is to be applauded and encouraged.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/05/menadue-why-the-states-should-back-rudds-health-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Australian of the Year: we&#8217;re lucky to still have him here</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/27/the-australian-of-the-year-were-lucky-to-still-have-him-here/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/27/the-australian-of-the-year-were-lucky-to-still-have-him-here/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 02:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[People & Ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian of the Year]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[NHMRC]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Pat McGorry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=112111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Even though he has been at the forefront of international clinical research and health services developments for young people, Pat McGorry has never expected to be so openly praised for his work, writes <b>Professor Ian Hickie</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/01/27/the-australian-of-the-year-were-lucky-to-still-have-him-here/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/the-fees-war-must-have-hippocrates-turning-in-his-grave/</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/03/the-fees-war-must-have-hippocrates-turning-in-his-grave/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<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[Denticare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[healthcare reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Select]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/medicare%e2%80%99s-future-is-at-stake-menadue/</guid>
		<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>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/23/medicare%e2%80%99s-future-is-at-stake-menadue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<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[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/26/consumer-advocate-goes-eye-to-eye-with-ophthalmologists/</guid>
		<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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bill Clark]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rachelle Buchbinder]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Vertebroplasty]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/08/06/calls-to-review-funding-of-unproven-spinal-procedure/</guid>
		<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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		<item>
		<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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/30/medicare-de-select-does-allowing-an-opt-out-mean-the-end-of-medicare/</guid>
		<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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		<item>
		<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[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diabetes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preventive health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sugar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/29/rudd-should-sink-his-teeth-into-reducing-sugar-consumption/</guid>
		<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>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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[dental]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></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>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=76115</guid>
		<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[Budget 09]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cancer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></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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		<item>
		<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>
		</item>
		<item>
		<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[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<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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