As the noise generated by Julia Gillard’s re-form of the Kevin Rudd health “reform” (promoted as the greatest change since Medicare) dies down, it’s time to analyse the play.What happened, and what does it mean? To answer this question, it’s necessary to restate the rules of the game.Politicians jostling for the political high ground in the contentious area of health have leveraged considerable advantage by promising the Australian population unlimited high quality health care for the cost of th…
