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Damon Cronshaw

Reduce pressure on 'out-of-pocket' health spending

Francesco Paolucci University of Newcastle

University of Newcastle Professor Francesco Paolucci said healthcare costs were "rising faster than inflation". Picture supplied

The soaring price of healthcare highlights that health system funding needs an overhaul, University of Newcastle Professor Francesco Paolucci says.

Professor Paolucci's comments coincided with the state government announcing on Thursday a Special Commission of Inquiry into healthcare funding in NSW.

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