{"id":8471,"date":"2013-09-23T20:52:15","date_gmt":"2013-09-24T00:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/goldstocksforex.com\/?p=8471"},"modified":"2013-09-23T20:52:15","modified_gmt":"2013-09-24T00:52:15","slug":"saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"

In a paper to Catholic Health Conference Australia, Jeremy Sammut highlights the need for revision of Australia’s national health care system.<\/p>\n

….health spending already consumes a third of the NSW budget….. and if health spending continues to grow at current rates, health will consume the entire NSW budget in 20 years time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Providing free services encourages over-use and, with limited budgets, restricts access to essential services for the most needy. Sammut suggests a shift to self-funding for minor expenditure, with state assistance for chronic or catastrophic needs.<\/p>\n

As the increasingly unaffordable United States private health system demonstrates, it is impossible to insure people for all health services without over-use causing a cost and premium spiral. In a private system, moral hazard creates un-affordability; in a free public insurance system like Medicare it causes arbitrary and unethical rationing.<\/p>\n

Public and private health systems are both plagued by the problem of \u2018first dollar insurance\u2019 \u2013 the expectation among consumers that private or public insurance should entitle them to receive treatment entirely paid for by a third-party payer no matter how small the cost or condition.<\/p>\n

By contrast, a soundly constructed insurance system should not insure people for all services. Instead, individuals should be required to self insure for minor health needs and expenses. Third party insurance should be reserved to enable people to share exceptional risk involving major health problems, and thus should only cover a minimum package of high-cost treatments for complex chronic and catastrophic conditions. And personal responsibility, consumer sovereignty, and price signals should also feature by using front-end deductibles and copayments to control costs and deter unnecessary use of marginal and discretionary services and trivial claims.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

What we also need is for public and private hospitals to compete on an equal footing for the taxpayer’s health care dollar. This system has been successfully implemented in the Lombardy region of Italy, with excellent results. Margherita Stancati at WSJ online<\/a> reports:<\/p>\n

Lombardy, by contrast, has increased its quality standards, set its own reimbursement rates and, most important, put public and private hospitals on an equal footing by making each equally eligible for public funds. If a hospital meets the quality standards and charges the accepted reimbursement rate, it qualifies. Patients are free to choose between state-run and publicly funded private hospitals at no extra cost. Their co-pay is the same in either case. As a result, public and many private hospitals in Lombardy compete directly for patients and funds.<\/p>\n

\u2026..Around 30% of hospital care in Lombardy is private now — more than anywhere else in Italy. And service in both the private and public sector has improved.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Read Jeremy Sammut’s presentation at Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform | Jeremy Sammut<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In a paper to Catholic Health Conference Australia, Jeremy Sammut highlights the need for revision of Australia’s national health care system. ….health spending already consumes a third of the NSW budget….. and if health spending continues to grow at current rates, health will consume the entire NSW budget in 20 years time. Providing free services … <\/p>\n

Continue reading “Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[40,5],"tags":[1663,2278],"class_list":["post-8471","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-australia-nz-countries-regions","category-economy","tag-health-care-reform","tag-medicare"],"yoast_head":"\nSaving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform - the patient investor<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform - the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In a paper to Catholic Health Conference Australia, Jeremy Sammut highlights the need for revision of Australia’s national health care system. ….health spending already consumes a third of the NSW budget….. and if health spending continues to grow at current rates, health will consume the entire NSW budget in 20 years time. Providing free services … Continue reading "Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"the patient investor\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-09-24T00:52:15+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"ColinTwiggs\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"ColinTwiggs\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/23\\\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/23\\\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"ColinTwiggs\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5\"},\"headline\":\"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-24T00:52:15+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/23\\\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":456,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"health care reform\",\"Medicare\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Australia & NZ\",\"Economy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/23\\\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/23\\\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/23\\\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\\\/\",\"name\":\"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform - the patient investor\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-09-24T00:52:15+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/23\\\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/23\\\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/2013\\\/09\\\/23\\\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Patient Investor\",\"description\":\"Smart. Strategic. Unfiltered. \",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/03\\\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1\",\"width\":250,\"height\":250,\"caption\":\"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/profile.php?id=61572934660810\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/colin_thepatientinvestor\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5\",\"name\":\"ColinTwiggs\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"ColinTwiggs\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/thepatientinvestor.com\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/colin58s\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform - the patient investor","robots":{"index":"noindex","follow":"follow"},"og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform - the patient investor","og_description":"In a paper to Catholic Health Conference Australia, Jeremy Sammut highlights the need for revision of Australia’s national health care system. ….health spending already consumes a third of the NSW budget….. and if health spending continues to grow at current rates, health will consume the entire NSW budget in 20 years time. Providing free services … Continue reading \"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform\"","og_url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/","og_site_name":"the patient investor","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810","article_published_time":"2013-09-24T00:52:15+00:00","author":"ColinTwiggs","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"ColinTwiggs","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/"},"author":{"name":"ColinTwiggs","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5"},"headline":"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform","datePublished":"2013-09-24T00:52:15+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/"},"wordCount":456,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization"},"keywords":["health care reform","Medicare"],"articleSection":["Australia & NZ","Economy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/","name":"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform - the patient investor","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website"},"datePublished":"2013-09-24T00:52:15+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/09\/23\/saving-medicare-the-case-for-market-based-health-reform\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Saving Medicare: The Case for Market-Based Health Reform"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/","name":"The Patient Investor","description":"Smart. Strategic. Unfiltered. ","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#organization","name":"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd","url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thepatientinvestor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/cropped-cropped-patience-bg-1-inverted-400x400-1.png?fit=250%2C250&ssl=1","width":250,"height":250,"caption":"The Patient Investor Pty Ltd"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=61572934660810","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/colin_thepatientinvestor"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/cb072791ac83e8bae585007c133d54a5","name":"ColinTwiggs","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/876c4d990bb2af282291d5f3ff81533c6deccc0c607846086647ca3272fac0ca?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"ColinTwiggs"},"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/author\/colin58s\/"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tQ4n-2cD","jetpack_likes_enabled":false,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":15657,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2017\/07\/30\/a-new-health-insurance-system-in-the-united-states-catallaxy-files\/","url_meta":{"origin":8471,"position":0},"title":"A new health insurance system in the United States | Catallaxy Files","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"July 30, 2017","format":false,"excerpt":"By Lucius Quinctius Cincinnatus: Donald Trump may be finding it difficult to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka Obamacare). But what is he trying to replace it with? It seems nothing that will contain costs and provide a reasonable level of health care to all Americans. Capitalist\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Stock Markets"","block_context":{"text":"Stock Markets","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/stock-markets\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":7862,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2013\/06\/03\/the-u-s-health-care-system-doesnt-need-price-controls-it-needs-price-signals-reason-com\/","url_meta":{"origin":8471,"position":1},"title":"The U.S. Health Care System Doesn\u2019t Need Price Controls. It Needs Price Signals | Reason.com","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"June 3, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Peter Suderman discusses two articles which attack the high cost of health care in the USA: Both pieces offer essentially the same thesis: The U.S. spends too much on health care because the prices Americans pay for health care services are too high. And both implicitly nod toward more aggressive\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "UK & Europe"","block_context":{"text":"UK & Europe","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/uk-europe-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":3213,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2011\/12\/29\/taxvox-blog-archive-a-medicare-reform-plan-that-just-might-work\/","url_meta":{"origin":8471,"position":2},"title":"TaxVox \u00bb Blog Archive \u00bb A Medicare Reform Plan That Just Might Work","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"December 29, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) and House Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-WI) did a remarkable thing: They announced a bipartisan plan to fix Medicare, probably the most contentious of policy issues. And amazingly, what they came up with might just work....... Ryan-Wyden would work like this: Those 65 and older\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "US & Canada"","block_context":{"text":"US & Canada","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/us-canada-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":13065,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/31\/private-health-insurance-fails-to-deliver\/","url_meta":{"origin":8471,"position":3},"title":"Private health insurance fails to deliver","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"March 31, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"From Leith van Onselen at Macrobusiness: The high financial overhead of private insurance in Australia means that only 84 cents in every dollar collected by private insurers is returned as benefits, with the rest going to administrative costs and corporate profits. By contrast, Medicare returns 94 cents in the dollar,\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Australia & NZ"","block_context":{"text":"Australia & NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":14124,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2016\/09\/13\/rising-debt-not-a-crisis-but-a-serious-problem-brookings\/","url_meta":{"origin":8471,"position":4},"title":"Rising debt\u2014not a crisis, but a serious problem | Brookings","author":"ColinTwiggs","date":"September 13, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"Testimony by Alice M. Rivlin, Senior Fellow - Economic Studies, Center for Health Policy, before the Joint Economic Committee of the United States Congress on September 8, 2016: .....our national debt is high in relation to the size of our economy and will likely rise faster than the economy can\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Debt Levels"","block_context":{"text":"Debt Levels","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/economy\/debt-levels\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":6157,"url":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/2012\/11\/13\/australia-not-fiscal-cliff-fiscal-flab\/","url_meta":{"origin":8471,"position":5},"title":"Australia: Not fiscal cliff — fiscal flab","author":"Colin Twiggs","date":"November 13, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Jessica Irvine writes that Australia is faced with an aging population and spiraling health costs, but a free-spending government will leave us unprepared. Two veteran Budget forecasting groups, Deloitte Access Economics and Macroeconomics, have in recent days delivered their verdict on Mr Swan's mid-year Budget update: It's codswallop. The Federal\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Australia & NZ"","block_context":{"text":"Australia & NZ","link":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/category\/countries-regions\/australia-nz-countries-regions\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8471","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8471"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8471\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8471"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8471"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thepatientinvestor.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8471"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}