By Greg Bradshaw, Socialist Party Melbourne
Health Minister Tony Abbott proudly declared the passing of the ‘MedicarePlus’ package as a “watershed moment for Medicare", in reality it is a shift towards an US-style scheme where your wallet is checked before your pulse.
The SP has been campaigning on this issue, raising 7000 signatures on petitions, working with others on pro-Medicare rallies, and getting out the propaganda against the cuts. However, the only organisations with the strength to stop the Federal government are the trade unions.
