More Medicare funding goes to wealthy kids: why, and what can we do about it?
- Written by Kim Dalziel, Associate Professor Health Economics, University of Melbourne
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When Medicare was in early development, the goal was to provide affordable, basic health care to all Australians. But a new study has found Medicare spending is higher for children from high socioeconomic backgrounds than their poorer counterparts.
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