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Health
By Bridget Rollason and Jordyn Butler

What's at play and what's at stake as states and territories push for Medicare funding overhaul?

Premiers and chief ministers will lobby the federal government to reform Australia's "broken" healthcare system when leaders gather on Friday for national cabinet's first meeting of 2023.

The leaders argue that Medicare — which is almost 40 years old — is placing a burden on state budgets and they want the way it is funded overhauled.

However, where do our taxes go when it comes to health? Who pays for our care? And what changes could be made?

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