Labor attacks Coalition on health as Anthony Albanese grilled over policy costs

Labor attacks Coalition on health as Anthony Albanese grilled over policy costs | micksfoley

Labor has accused the Coalition of having a secret agenda to undermine Medicare after the Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s pick for health minister, Anne Ruston, failed to rule out future cuts to universal healthcare.of a fully-funded Medicare surfaced on Sunday and Ruston faced further questioning about them on ABC radio on Monday morning.Alex Ellinghausen

Albanese’s attack revives Labor’s effective Mediscare campaign from the 2016 election, which was widely attributed to electoral gains for the opposition.“The appointment of Anne Ruston to be Scott Morrison’s hand-picked health minister will send a shiver down the spine of every Australian who needs affordable health care,” Chalmers said.Morrison defended Ruston on Monday saying, “she said yesterday [Sunday] there would not be any cuts and I would repeat that today”.

Albanese was asked if Labor had considered how many nurses would be needed for the new clinics, what the cost would be, and if he was across the detail of the policy.

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