Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

My old sparring partner, the honourable member who interjected, always engages in these debates. Her contributions are always worthy. I always enjoy reading Hansard as it is a much clearer way of understanding the argument that she puts than being here at the time!

There is a reason I raised this very important waiting list issue. If we return to the basics, the reason we have private health insurance in this country—for the benefit of the member who interjects—is that if we stop private health insurance, if we push those 10 or 11 million Australians out of private health insurance into the public system, then we would have no capacity whatsoever—

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