House debates

Monday, 1 June 2009

Questions without Notice

Medicare

3:54 pm

Photo of Nola MarinoNola Marino (Forrest, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Health and Ageing. I refer the minister to the government’s budget cuts to Medicare benefit scheme fees for cataract surgery. Given the government’s reckless cash splashes, how does the minister justify this callous measure, which will have a devastating impact on the wellbeing of thousands of Australians—mostly battlers and pensioners—and in particular those in rural Australia?

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