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	<title>Crikey &#187; National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission</title>
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		<title>Benefits of health reform will be in decades ahead</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/02/real-benefits-of-health-reform-package-will-be-in-decades-ahead/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/02/real-benefits-of-health-reform-package-will-be-in-decades-ahead/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 03:03:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Julia Gillard]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mental health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Government's health reform package is far less than originally conceived, but it will deliver long-term benefits. The real beneficiaries will be the taxpayers of the next three decades.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>33</slash:comments>
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		<title>Has Indigenous health reform been dropped?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/04/28/has-the-central-proposal-for-indigenous-health-reform-been-dropped/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2010/04/28/has-the-central-proposal-for-indigenous-health-reform-been-dropped/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Apr 2010 22:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Indigenous affairs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[indigenous health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A “radical change” in the organisation of health care for Indigenous Australians was one of the highest priority recommendations from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, but the government appears intent on ignoring it, reports <b>Melissa Sweet</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>The questions journos forgot to ask at the National Press Club</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/the-questions-journos-forgot-to-ask-at-the-national-press-club/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/the-questions-journos-forgot-to-ask-at-the-national-press-club/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Mar 2010 01:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health debate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Press Club]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The National Press Club failed to really grill the prime minister about his health proposals -- or lack of them, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>. Here are the questions they forgot to ask.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/03/24/the-questions-journos-forgot-to-ask-at-the-national-press-club/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Memo COAG: Forget ideology, concentrate on what patients need</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/01/memo-coag-forget-ideology-concentrate-on-what-patients-need/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/01/memo-coag-forget-ideology-concentrate-on-what-patients-need/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 02:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Medicare Select]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It's unfortunate that the debate about Medicare Select has turned into a battle, along ideological lines, between advocates for the public and private sectors, writes <b>Jennifer Doggett</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/12/01/memo-coag-forget-ideology-concentrate-on-what-patients-need/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Penington: Decisions loom for Australia&#8217;s public hospitals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/30/penington-decisions-loom-for-australia%e2%80%99s-public-hospitals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/11/30/penington-decisions-loom-for-australia%e2%80%99s-public-hospitals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov 2009 02:42:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[COAG]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health care]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recommendations made by the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission on to "fix" public hospitals will only make things worse and jeopardise the future of the medical profession, writes <b>David Penington</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>4</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>

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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>Here’s how Rudd could resuscitate our public hospitals</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/here%e2%80%99s-how-rudd-could-resuscitate-our-public-hospitals/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/10/16/here%e2%80%99s-how-rudd-could-resuscitate-our-public-hospitals/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospitals]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In 2007, Kevin Rudd promised to fix Australia’s public hospitals if the states had not done so in a year. He would be foolish to blindly follow his National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s recommendations, writes <b>David Penington</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</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>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Some ideas for health reform that could happen NOW</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/08/25/830/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/08/25/830/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:40:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=81705</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[CEO of Cancer Council Australia, <b>Professor Ian Olver</b>, has some ideas for reforms to Australian health care that could be introduced without waiting for further reviews, reports and consultations.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</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>

		<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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		<title>Health reform report: big on efficiency but what about quality?</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/07/29/beware-of-bad-policy-suggestions-in-health-reform-report/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/07/29/beware-of-bad-policy-suggestions-in-health-reform-report/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 02:44:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=76950</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many policy analysts (including myself) would argue that a Commonwealth take over of the whole caboodle is the way to go with health care. However, what is all this talk of "efficiency costs"? asks <b>Gavin Mooney</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/07/29/beware-of-bad-policy-suggestions-in-health-reform-report/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Our health system serves most of us well. That&#8217;s the issue</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/our-health-system-serves-most-of-us-well-thats-the-issue/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/our-health-system-serves-most-of-us-well-thats-the-issue/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew Podger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/our-health-system-serves-most-of-us-well-thats-the-issue/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The real political issue of the recently released health reform report is that our health systems -- plural -- are perceived as broken when in fact they’re not.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/our-health-system-serves-most-of-us-well-thats-the-issue/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>Tabloids struggle with health report</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/crikey-says-51/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/crikey-says-51/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Crikey Says]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Journalism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[broadsheet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tabloid v broadsheet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tabloids]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/crikey-says-51/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Australia's tabloid/broadsheet divide was again highlighted with the release of the important, if difficult-to-pitch, report from the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission which landed yesterday.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Lessons Rudd can learn from US health care</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/07/28/has-health-reform-been-put-on-hold/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/07/28/has-health-reform-been-put-on-hold/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:49:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US healthcare]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=76322</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Rudd has something to learn from America's health care system when it comes to reforming Australia's health care. For example, how the US collects and analyses data in hospitals, writes <b>Dr Lesley Russell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2009/07/28/has-health-reform-been-put-on-hold/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Prevention is impractical, but try telling that to the PM</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/prevention-is-impractical-but-try-telling-that-to-the-pm/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/28/prevention-is-impractical-but-try-telling-that-to-the-pm/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 02:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[preventive health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Prevention is a health economist’s dream given the ageing of the population and the growth of chronic diseases. It's better than cure, PM Kevin Rudd agreed yesterday, three times. But is that <em>really</em> true?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>16</slash:comments>
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		<title>Rudd says health reform won&#8217;t be cheap</title>
		<link>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/28/2638122.htm</link>
		<comments>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/07/28/2638122.htm#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:48:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd says that health reform "won't come inexpensively" and there will be at least six months of consultations before any changes to the health system are made.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Big promises little change in health report</title>
		<link>http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/healthcare-needs-open-surgery.-dont-hold-your-breath/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/healthcare-needs-open-surgery.-dont-hold-your-breath/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:29:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=76237</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The health report fails to take into account the "relentless turf wars" occuring inside medical centres between health professionals about responsibility writes <b>Paul Cogan</b>. ]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Crabb: buck on hospitals to stop with Rudd</title>
		<link>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/a-buck-that-has-a-lot-of-ground-to-cover-20090727-dyu8.html?page=-1</link>
		<comments>http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/a-buck-that-has-a-lot-of-ground-to-cover-20090727-dyu8.html?page=-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 22:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Tunrbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin07 spoke of ending the passing of the buck of health care between states and the federal government, but the buck hasn't stopped with Kevin Rudd yet writes <b>Annabel Crabb</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Pollies v doctors in hospital battle</title>
		<link>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/rudd-must-honour-promise-on-hospitals-20090727-dy5g.html?page=-1</link>
		<comments>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/rudd-must-honour-promise-on-hospitals-20090727-dy5g.html?page=-1#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 05:48:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Malcolm Turnbull]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today's national health report stops short of recommending that hospitals be completely 100% federally funded. Opposition leader Turnbull says it represents "one broken promise after another" from PM Kevin Rudd.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</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[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>

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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>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>A simple truth: you can&#8217;t have health reform without pain</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/a-simple-truth-you-cant-have-health-reform-without-pain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/a-simple-truth-you-cant-have-health-reform-without-pain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Sweet</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bupa Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If only health reform was as simple as taking two quick pills and waking up in the morning with a shiny new system, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/27/a-simple-truth-you-cant-have-health-reform-without-pain/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Menadue: five health reforms we really need</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/24/menadue-we-need-more-than-clayton%e2%80%99s-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/24/menadue-we-need-more-than-clayton%e2%80%99s-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 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[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Productivity Commission]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/24/menadue-we-need-more-than-clayton%e2%80%99s-health-reform/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are five critical issues that should be addressed by National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/24/menadue-we-need-more-than-clayton%e2%80%99s-health-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>We have 38% fewer hospital beds than in 1981: it&#8217;s a scandal</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/we-have-38-less-hospital-beds-than-in-1981-its-a-scandal/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/07/20/we-have-38-less-hospital-beds-than-in-1981-its-a-scandal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2009 03:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Australia]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bed numbers]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When there is a lack of beds, patients suffer. It's that simple, writes <b>Professor Peter Collignon</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>12</slash:comments>
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		<title>Paramedics forgotten in our health care debate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/30/paramedics-forgotten-in-our-health-care-debate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/30/paramedics-forgotten-in-our-health-care-debate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 03:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ambulance services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[National Health Workforce Taskforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pandemics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Where does the provision of out-of-hospital Emergency Medical Services figure in the national health debate?]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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