Waiting times for treatment are too long in public hospitals increasing numbers of patients will suffer from life-threatening conditions.

A bed at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital, Liverpool.. Picture date: Monday August 18, 2014. Photo credit should read: Lynne Cameron/PA Wire Source: AAP

Doctors are predicting increasing numbers of patients in public hospitals will suffer from life-threatening conditions. Because, they say, waiting times for treatment are too long .Releasing a new report card Thursday28 January 2016, the Australian Medical Association says projected federal spending is falling short of Australia's health needs.

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