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January 2014

Charging for public health services could help save the health system

Charging for public health services could help save the health system

There’s been a lot of talk recently about the importance of “price signals” for health services that the community has come to regard as typically “free”. The idea is that if we charge people a small “co-payment” for emergency services or bulk-billed GP visits (say around $5-$6 a visit) then this gives signals to the… 

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