'Shoot Bambi': NIB boss pushes to abolish Medicare

By Patrick Hatch
Updated July 24 2019 - 8:13am, first published 7:51am
NIB's boss says compulsory private insurance would sustain universal healthcare. Photo: Michelle Mossop
NIB's boss says compulsory private insurance would sustain universal healthcare. Photo: Michelle Mossop

Australia should abolish Medicare and force people to take out private health insurance instead, according to the boss of one of the largest health funds, who argues it would solve an impending funding crisis in both the public and private sectors.

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