Marise Payne (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

As I said, that is a modest contribution which we are asking Australians to pay for the cost of their own health care. It is a contribution which people like Dr Andrew Leigh, the shadow Assistant Treasurer, have said previously in writing that they support. I quote from Dr Leigh:

As economists have shown, the ideal model involves a small co-payment—not enough to put a dent in your weekly budget, but enough to make you think twice before you call the doc. And the idea is hardly radical.