Ken Wyatt (Hasluck, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

It is not selective quoting. And let me also say:

Some of those savings did go back into the health Budget, not all of them …

This was Labor's health spokesperson, Catherine King, on 6 January 2016 at the press conference.

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

The member for Sydney might want to interject, but she also went on to say:

We will put a cap on selected Medicare items from 1 November this year where excessive fees are being charged or where Medicare may be being used inappropriately …

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The Government will also tighten regulations around diagnostic radiology services so that those taking the images hold minimum qualifications. … it will produce savings of $45.8 million over four years.

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