Universal health care...the Australian history

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One of the former Prime Ministers of Australia died last Thursday. Bob Hawke was a Labour PM. One of his greatest achievements is seen as the implementation of Medicare. This is different to Medicare in the US. All Australian residents are entitled to Medicare. This is an article describing the system before its implementation https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2019-05-18/bob-hawke-what-did-australia-have-before-medicare/11124180?pfmredir=sm&sf212944361=1&smid=Page: ABC News-Facebook_Organic&WT.tsrc=Facebook_Organic