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The future of health care in Australia

The Hon Catherine King
Med J Aust 2017; 207 (10): . || doi: 10.5694/mja17.00739
Published online: 20 November 2017

Our future health system must focus on overcoming health inequality

Around the world there is growing awareness of the extent and impact of economic inequality. Bernie Sanders and Jeremy Corbyn put inequality at the heart of their longshot bids to lead their countries, and demonstrated that the issue has deep resonance in the United States and the United Kingdom. Certainly, Labor has always been committed to tackling inequality in Australia — in fact, it was our founding purpose.


  • Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare, Australian Labor Party, Canberra, ACT


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