Nicola Roxon (Gellibrand, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Health and Ageing) Share this | Hansard source

I am being generous. I know that is being generous but I am sure that even he would be aware that most of the private hospitals around the country do not have emergency departments. I think the shadow minister’s suggestion that if you have private health insurance then you should not be allowed to go to a public hospital is all well and good unless you actually have an emergency and need to be able to go to a public hospital to be treated. There are 24 emergency departments in private hospitals. That is all there is across the whole country. For example, is there anybody here from New South Wales?

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