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Kevin Rudd wrong on Tony Abbott's '$1b hospital funding cut'
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-23/rudd-wrong-on-abbotts-1b-hospital-funding-cut/4906242
Kevin Rudd wrong on Tony Abbott's '$1b hospital funding cut'
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has accused Opposition Leader Tony Abbott of cutting $1 billion in public hospital funding when he was health minister.
Mr Rudd made the claim during Wednesday's leaders' debate in Brisbane, after Mr Abbott answered a question from the audience about possible cuts to public services and jobs.
"Mr Abbott seems to be suffering from just a little bit of amnesia," Mr Rudd said.
"When he was health minister he cut $1 billion from the public hospitals budget of Australia."
Mr Abbott accused the Prime Minister of "telling fibs".
"I did not cut $1 billion out of public hospital funding. I did not," he said.
"While I was the health minister, public hospital funding went up from under $8 billion a year to close to $10 billion a year.
"Now at one stage under my predecessor, there was an adjustment to the forward estimates. It slowed down the rate of increase; it never involved a cut."
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-08-23/rudd-wrong-on-abbotts-1b-hospital-funding-cut/4906242