Turnbull tears up secret hospital plan

By Adam Gartrell, Health Correspondent
Updated May 29 2017 - 8:43pm, first published 8:38pm

The Turnbull government has doubled down on its support for private health insurers after rejecting a radical health department hospital funding proposal that would have dismantled the $6 billion taxpayer-funded rebate.

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