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Medicare’s universality under threat as chronic disease, mental illness and an aging population increase out-of-pocket costs, experts say
When Dr Brian Morton became a trainee general practitioner in 1977, healthcare bills were the number one cause of personal bankruptcies in Australia.
On more than one occasion Morton provided treatment to patients who couldn’t afford to pay. “If someone turned up, you wouldn’t turn them away,” he says.
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