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	<title>Crikey &#187; private health insurance</title>
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		<title>Govt proposals on private health insurance don&#8217;t go far enough</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/private-health-insurance-means-test-debat/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/private-health-insurance-means-test-debat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 02:11:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dental care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=270795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Government proposals to apply a means test to private health insurance subsidies have re-ignited the debate about the role of private insurance, write <b>John Menadue</b> and <b>Ian McAuley</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/01/25/private-health-insurance-means-test-debat/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>PHI: costs for public, private the same, so they should compete for funds</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/16/phi-costs-for-public-private-the-same-so-they-should-compete-for-funds/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/08/16/phi-costs-for-public-private-the-same-so-they-should-compete-for-funds/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Aug 2011 02:51:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health sector]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health system]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=241369</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Once casemix is considered, there is no evidence of significant cost differences between private and public hospitals, writes <b>Ian McAuley</b>, lecturer in public sector finance at the University of Canberra.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Means testing the private health rebate</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/06/06/should-the-cross-benchers-support-means-testing-of-the-private-health-insurance-rebate/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/06/06/should-the-cross-benchers-support-means-testing-of-the-private-health-insurance-rebate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Jun 2011 23:32:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance rebate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=227710</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Should the cross-benchers support means testing of the private health insurance rebate? <b>Amanda Biggs</b> analyses the proposal and the impact of the rebate on hospitals.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/croakey/2011/06/06/should-the-cross-benchers-support-means-testing-of-the-private-health-insurance-rebate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Beyond the private health insurance spin</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/06/beyond-the-private-health-insurance-spin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/06/beyond-the-private-health-insurance-spin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 May 2011 03:16:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance rebate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=221511</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The private health insurance industry argues in a new study that insurance subsidies for the rich benefit the health system overall, writes health policy analyst <b>Jennifer Doggett</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/05/06/beyond-the-private-health-insurance-spin/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>30</slash:comments>
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		<title>Picking on disability support, a favourite past time of policymakers</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/31/disability-pension-reform-yet-again/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/31/disability-pension-reform-yet-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 01:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Economy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby Bonus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Disability Support Pension]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Family Tax Benefit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[welfare reform]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=214692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Disability Support Pension is a perennial target of reforming politicians. Perhaps they should turn their attention to other forms of welfare.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2011/03/31/disability-pension-reform-yet-again/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>11</slash:comments>
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		<title>Why Independents should support means testing private health insurance rebate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/16/why-independents-should-support-means-testing-private-health-insurance-rebate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/16/why-independents-should-support-means-testing-private-health-insurance-rebate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Sep 2010 03:37:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hung parliament]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rob Oakeshott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=172254</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Consumers should welcome health minister Nicola Roxon's announcement that she will reintroduce legislation to means test the private health insurance (PHI) rebate, writes health policy consultant <b>Jennifer Doggett</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/09/16/why-independents-should-support-means-testing-private-health-insurance-rebate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>Private health insurance: the leech sucking on our sick blood</title>
		<link>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/02/22/1558/</link>
		<comments>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/02/22/1558/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 20:56:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Shakira Hussein</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joe Hockey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medibank private]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospitals]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=118532</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Private health care is an evil publicly funded roach that feasts on people’s middle-of-the-night fears and if we had any guts we would crush it beneath our heels, says <b>Shakira Hussein</b>, as she reveals why she just bought it anyway.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.crikey.com.au/thestump/2010/02/22/1558/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Election year politics of health reform</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/election-year-politics-of-health-reform/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/election-year-politics-of-health-reform/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 02:33:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kevin Rudd]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=113421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first shots have been fired in what will be an extended battle over health care in this election year, writes <b>Dr Tom Keating</b>, and the policy differences between the major parties coming are substantial.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2010/02/02/election-year-politics-of-health-reform/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Prospects for health reform just got worse</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/prospects-for-health-reform-just-got-worse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/prospects-for-health-reform-just-got-worse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health reform]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/prospects-for-health-reform-just-got-worse/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The prospects for health reform in the near future just reduced considerably with the Senate’s rejection of the legislation to reduce the private health insurance (PHI) rebates for high income earners, writes <b>Robert Wells</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/prospects-for-health-reform-just-got-worse/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Senate rebate vote a blow to cost-effective health policy</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/senate-rebate-vote-a-blow-to-cost-effective-health-policy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/senate-rebate-vote-a-blow-to-cost-effective-health-policy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 02:45:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/senate-rebate-vote-a-blow-to-cost-effective-health-policy/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Private health insurance is one of the most inefficient and expensive mechanisms for paying for health care. It's time to pension it off, writes health policy analyst <b>Jennifer Doggett</b>. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/09/10/senate-rebate-vote-a-blow-to-cost-effective-health-policy/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Coalition in dangerous territory as health bill stalls</title>
		<link>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/senate-rejects-health-rebate-bill-20090909-fhiq.html</link>
		<comments>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/senate-rejects-health-rebate-bill-20090909-fhiq.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 23:43:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Links]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[double dissolution]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Emissions Trading Scheme]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Senate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/?p=85481</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Means-testing of private health insurance rebates has been rejected by the Senate, blowing a A$1.9 billion hole in the budget and serving as a potential trigger for double dissolution. ]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/senate-rejects-health-rebate-bill-20090909-fhiq.html/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<item>
		<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>What the private health insurance industry’s fear campaign is really about</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/what-the-private-health-insurance-industry%e2%80%99s-fear-campaign-is-really-about/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/what-the-private-health-insurance-industry%e2%80%99s-fear-campaign-is-really-about/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Federal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Australian Health Insurance Association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mediare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/what-the-private-health-insurance-industry%e2%80%99s-fear-campaign-is-really-about/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The Rudd Government is actually increasing the incentives for high income earners to hold private insurance, writes <b>Ian McAuley</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/06/15/what-the-private-health-insurance-industry%e2%80%99s-fear-campaign-is-really-about/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<item>
		<title>Australia&#8217;s wasteful, unfair private health insurance rebate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/australias-wasteful-unfair-private-health-insurance-rebate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/australias-wasteful-unfair-private-health-insurance-rebate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Feb 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Reports today that Treasury has repeatedly told the Rudd Government that the Private Health Insurance (PHI) rebate is inefficient is hardly surprising news, writes <b>Dr Tim Woodruff</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/02/24/australias-wasteful-unfair-private-health-insurance-rebate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<item>
		<title>Why health will be a headache for Obama</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/why-health-will-be-a-headache-for-obama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/why-health-will-be-a-headache-for-obama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Barack Obama]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary healthcare]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[US08]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many major challenges confronting President Barack Obama is reform of the US health care system., writes <b>Dr Lesley Russell</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2009/01/20/why-health-will-be-a-headache-for-obama/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<item>
		<title>Summit’s health briefing paper next to useless</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/summits-health-briefing-paper-next-to-useless/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/summits-health-briefing-paper-next-to-useless/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2020 Summit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics government]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The background paper intended to guide health discussions at the 2020 Summit is now available here, and the news is not encouraging, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/08/summits-health-briefing-paper-next-to-useless/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>US08: Hillary in trouble, Hillarita would&#8217;ve romped it in</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/28/us08-hillary-in-trouble-hillarita-wouldve-romped-it-in/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/28/us08-hillary-in-trouble-hillarita-wouldve-romped-it-in/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Guy Rundle</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[american health care]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health care plans]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[policy initiative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[worst case scenario]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Last night's debate had been spoken of as Hillary Clinton's last chance. She had to win it hands-down, and drop a safe on Obama's head to really have a chance, writes <b>Guy Rundle</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/28/us08-hillary-in-trouble-hillarita-wouldve-romped-it-in/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Roxon gets the health premium headlines that matter</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/28/roxon-gets-the-health-premium-headlines-that-matter/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/28/roxon-gets-the-health-premium-headlines-that-matter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance act]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance premiums]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance rebate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Nicola Roxon got the headlines she wanted on private health insurance premiums, but the reality is a little different, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/28/roxon-gets-the-health-premium-headlines-that-matter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health reform commission faces same old challenges</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/27/health-reform-commission-faces-same-old-challenges/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/27/health-reform-commission-faces-same-old-challenges/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bernard Keane</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health economists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance rebate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health workforce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hospital waiting lists]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Government’s National Health and Hospital Reform Commission has a bit to do between now and mid-2009, writes <b>Bernard Keane</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Health commission forgets just one minor detail: the patient</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/27/health-commission-forgets-just-one-minor-detail-the-patient/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/02/27/health-commission-forgets-just-one-minor-detail-the-patient/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[glaring omission]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health expertise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance policies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mother of invention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Already eight years into a new century, we’re still stuck with a health system trapped in the bowels of the last century, if not the one before, writes Melissa Sweet.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Public awards for private gain?</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/31/public-awards-for-private-gain/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/31/public-awards-for-private-gain/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[australia day honours]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance association]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health sector]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It was with some surprise that I saw the public face of the private health insurance industry Russell Schneider’s name among the recipients of Australia Day honours, writes <b>Melissa Sweet</b>.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Comments, corrections, clarifications, and c*ckups</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/16/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-132/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/16/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-132/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jan 2008 13:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public health system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public transport system]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Stephen Mayne]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tony Abbott]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Crikey's Therese Rein editorial ... Ray Williams ... Corey Delaney, Party Liaison ... John Howard ... Qantas maintenance problems ... organ donation ... climbing Everest ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/16/comments-corrections-clarifications-and-cckups-132/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Time to reassess the health care rebate</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/07/time-to-reassess-the-health-care-rebate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/07/time-to-reassess-the-health-care-rebate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Jan 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[emergency wards]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[income earners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political conservatives]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private insurer]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s weird for governments to subsidise queue-jumping, particularly when they are being criticised for under-resourcing areas where there is great need – such as indigenous health and emergency wards, writes Ian McAuley.]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/01/07/time-to-reassess-the-health-care-rebate/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>The Abbott plan puts politics before health</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/02/the-abbott-plan-puts-politics-before-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/10/02/the-abbott-plan-puts-politics-before-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Oct 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health and community services]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[minister tony abbott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[public hospitals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[serious health]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It’s very kind of the media to allow Minister Tony Abbott to keep the election focus on the perennial problems of public hospitals. This not only gives him an easy shot at the states, but also helps distract public attention from areas where the health buck stops firmly at his government’s feet.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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		<title>Throwing a surgical implement into health insurance profiteering</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/throwing-a-surgical-implement-into-health-insurance-profiteering/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/09/03/throwing-a-surgical-implement-into-health-insurance-profiteering/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Sep 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[affordable health insurance]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health insurance industry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mbf]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[medibank private]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[private health insurance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[In quick order and amidst plenty of self-interest, the majority of Australia’s private health insurance industry is being taken out of the hands of state and mutual ownership and being sold to the capitalists in stove-pipe hats and puffing the fat cigars.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
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