What Australian papers say today, Wednesday Feb 6, 2002
SYDNEY, Feb 6 AAP - Nothing in the physicians cabinet is as addictive as a public subsidy,The Australian Financial Review says in its editorial today.
"The Howard Government's rebate for private health insurance premiums was costed ata bit over $1 billion a year when introduced three years ago," it says. "But more hadto be injected as time went on...and the measure now costs $2.3 billion.
"Like most narcotics, the health insurance subsidy treats the symptoms of the health-carefunding malaise - the mounting pain of financing a system that is broken and …
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