Sky News host chriskkenny says Bill Shorten is ‘underselling the fantastic work of our healthcare system and its workers just to score political points’.
Sky News host Chris Kenny says Bill Shorten is ‘underselling the fantastic work of our healthcare system and its workers just to score political points’. In Mr Shorten’s Budget reply on Thursday, the Labor Leader pledged $2.3 billion towards treatment for cancer patients, saying ‘the out-of-pocket costs can be devastating’.
While he said there was always room to improve healthcare, Mr Kenny says there is a string of cancer patients who can testify to having received quality treatment in the public system. Mr Kenny warned the Labor Leader not to ‘unfairly run our health system down for political advantage because it could look cynical’. Image: News Corp Australia
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