Joe Hockey (North Sydney, Liberal Party, Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

The reason why we are asking Australians to contribute to the cost of Medicare is in order to ensure that Medicare is sustainable into the future. That is what we are doing. Paul Keating believed that. Paul Keating in fact actually said it. I stand by all my words in relation to chronic illnesses, including those on Q&A, which is what she is getting at, and why so? Because we are absolutely committed to ensuring that we have universal healthcare that delivers the sort of coverage that Australians need, expect and, most importantly, can afford.

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