Health economists have estimated that an injection of $250 million per year in Indigenous clinical care and $50 million in preventative care is required to provide services at the same level as for any other group with the health conditions of Indigenous Australians.
We don't want the efficiency of the federal government and the compassion of the IRS to run our health care.
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But at the end of the day we need to represent the taxpayers who have made enormous sacrifices. Many have lost their jobs. Many of them have seen their companies – they don't have a pension – they have seen their companies cut the match for their 401(k). They have seen their health care benefits be shredded.
