Six ways to reduce health waste
12th October 2012
By Paul Smith
Help is at hand for future governments reluctant to slash Medicare funding for the mentally ill or the long-term sick with serious dental problems.

While the Federal Government has successfully pulled over $400 million from the Better Access scheme and this week won a parliamentary battle to close down the Chronic Disease Dental Scheme, a group of academics has produced a hit list of alternative money savers.
The Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation — a new research centre launched — outlined six options for trimming