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While it wasn’t his idea, Medicare helped make the mythos of Bob Hawke

  • Written by: Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
While it wasn’t his idea, Medicare helped make the mythos of Bob Hawke

It was the big-picture reform that defined the Labor prime minister Bob Hawke and infuriated his opponents with its radical promise of a fairer, healthier society.

Medicare, Australia’s taxpayer-funded system of universal health insurance, established in 1984, has long presented as a paradox. It’s a political winner and a political...

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