Division
The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2017-06-19.197.1) introduced by Senator [Helen Polley](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/helen_polley) (Tas), which means it failed. The motion asked for this bill to be withdrawn and redrafted *"to provide actual guarantees for the future of Medicare"*. ### What do these bills do? If passed, the [bills](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5900) will create the Medicare Guarantee Fund. The Fund will be used to fund both Medicare benefits and payments under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme [**PBS**]. The creation of this fund is a response to the 2016 election, which the Labor Party accused the Coalition of wanted to privatise Medicare. The [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd108) emphasises that these bills don't *"guarantee the continuing existence of Medicare of itself ... [but] will make funding of both the MBS [Medicare Benefits Schedule] and PBS more visible because all the Medicare benefit payments and PBS payments will be made through the Health Special Account."* ### Motion text > *Leave out all words after "that" insert:* > *"the bill be withdrawn and redrafted to provide actual guarantees for the future of Medicare, specifically by:* >> *(a) setting out the purpose of Medicare, namely to provide a universal public health insurance scheme that provides access to medical, pharmaceutical and public hospital services based on clinical need, not capacity to pay;* >> *(b) including funding to support universal access to public hospital treatment, along with medical and pharmaceutical benefits, in the purpose of the bill;* >> *(c) guaranteeing immediate and annual indexation of Medicare rebates that have been frozen by this Government;* >> *(d) guaranteeing proper Commonwealth investment in public hospitals, so that all Australians can access acute
Senate, 2017-06-19. negative: ayes 28, noes 33.
Question
The majority voted against a [motion](http://www.openaustralia.org.au/senate/?gid=2017-06-19.197.1) introduced by Senator [Helen Polley](https://theyvoteforyou.org.au/people/senate/tasmania/helen_polley) (Tas), which means it failed. The motion asked for this bill to be withdrawn and redrafted *"to provide actual guarantees for the future of Medicare"*. ### What do these bills do? If passed, the [bills](http://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;query=Id:legislation/billhome/r5900) will create the Medicare Guarantee Fund. The Fund will be used to fund both Medicare benefits and payments under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme [**PBS**]. The creation of this fund is a response to the 2016 election, which the Labor Party accused the Coalition of wanted to privatise Medicare. The [bills digest](http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/bd/bd1617a/17bd108) emphasises that these bills don't *"guarantee the continuing existence of Medicare of itself ... [but] will make funding of both the MBS [Medicare Benefits Schedule] and PBS more visible because all the Medicare benefit payments and PBS payments will be made through the Health Special Account."* ### Motion text > *Leave out all words after "that" insert:* > *"the bill be withdrawn and redrafted to provide actual guarantees for the future of Medicare, specifically by:* >> *(a) setting out the purpose of Medicare, namely to provide a universal public health insurance scheme that provides access to medical, pharmaceutical and public hospital services based on clinical need, not capacity to pay;* >> *(b) including funding to support universal access to public hospital treatment, along with medical and pharmaceutical benefits, in the purpose of the bill;* >> *(c) guaranteeing immediate and annual indexation of Medicare rebates that have been frozen by this Government;* >> *(d) guaranteeing proper Commonwealth investment in public hospitals, so that all Australians can access acute
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