House debates

Tuesday, 9 February 2016

Questions without Notice

Medicare, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

2:08 pm

Photo of Ms Catherine KingMs Catherine King (Ballarat, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Human Services. The front page of today's The West Australian newspaper reveals that the government has a radical plan to privatise Medicare and the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme. Won't this mean that the electronic health data of Australians, such as Medicare information, could be sold to a foreign company?

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