Kevin Rudd had been seriously considering holding a referendum on health since well before the last election – and now he looks as though he will have one.But despite having had all that time to mull over the complexities and challenges involved and having had the assistance of armies of public servants and health reform experts to draw up a comprehensive plan, the decision to bite the bullet appears to have been rushed in response to Tony Abbott’s ascendancy in the polls.There are still too man…
