The future of health care in Australia

Hunt, The Hon Greg

doi:10.5694/mja17.00816

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Our plan is to provide long term, generational change that is evidence-based and able to make a real difference to people’s lives

Editor’s note: The MJA invited the federal health minister and shadow health minister to independently share with readers their visions for the future of health care in Australia. In this issue, Minister for Health the Honourable Greg Hunt MP sets out the government plan; in the next issue, Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare the Honourable Catherine King MP will outline the opposition plan.

Minister for Health and Minister for Sport, Australian Government, Canberra, ACT

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