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Federal government defends Medicare outsourcing plans

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The federal government has defended moves to outsource Medicare, pharmaceutical and aged-care benefits delivery to the private sector.

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Published 17 February 2016 4:57pm

Source: SBS

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The federal government has defended moves to outsource Medicare, pharmaceutical and aged-care benefits delivery to the private sector.

It says the 50-billion-plus-dollar outsourcing would create savings by replacing back-office work done by bureaucrats.

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