Health sector winners no matter who takes the election
Prime Minister hopeful Bill Shorten used his budget reply speech on Thursday night to slash out-of-pocket costs for patients, promising a $2.5 billion funding injection into a Medicare cancer program.
Shorten – who said "all too often treating cancer is impoverishing" – has made a virtue of spending up, while raising taxes. Over the next four years he would guarantee free or low-cost treatment for all cancer sufferers.
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