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	<title>Crikey &#187; public hospitals</title>
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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>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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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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		<title>Agnostics need faith in private hospital sector</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/10/31/agnostics-need-faith-in-private-hospital-sector/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Oct 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can’t be agnostic when the whole point of contracting out public services is to gain the cost and productivity benefits of the more efficient private sector, writes <b>Jeremy Sammut</b>.]]></description>
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		<title>Public hospital “guidelines” funded by drug maker</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/17/public-hospital-guidelines-funded-by-drug-maker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2008/04/17/public-hospital-guidelines-funded-by-drug-maker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2008 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[drug companies]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The push for widespread use of an anti-blood clot drug has been described as “scandalous,” writes <b>Ray Moynihan</b>. 
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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>
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		<category><![CDATA[Election 2007]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[minister tony abbott]]></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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		<title>Rudd&#8217;s hospitals takeover – read the fine print!</title>
		<link>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/24/rudds-hospitals-takeover-read-the-fine-print/</link>
		<comments>http://www.crikey.com.au/2007/08/24/rudds-hospitals-takeover-read-the-fine-print/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Aug 2007 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Crikey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Kevin Rudd plan to reform the health system and , if necessary, take over the hospitals has many sound policy features. But let the buyer beware, writes Robert Wells.]]></description>
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