FactCheck: do 86% of people visit the doctor for free?
- Written by Peter Sivey, Associate Professor, School of Economics, Finance and Marketing, RMIT University
The number of people who attend the doctor for free has gone from 82% under Labor to 86% under us.
– Health minister Greg Hunt, during the health policy federal election debate at the National Press Club, May 2, 2019.
During a debate with shadow health minister Catherine King, Hunt was defending the Coalition government’s track record on...
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