00:02Cross-chamber condemnation of what's been dubbed a cash grab.
00:08You don't punch down on vulnerable older Australians.
00:11This is really lazy policy and the Minister needs to put it in the back cupboard.
00:16Independence and the Coalition teaming up to criticise Labor's move to wind back the rebate
00:22those aged 65 and over receive on their private health cover.
00:27Ditching the Howard-era legacy will save $3 billion to funnel back into the aged care system.
00:33But new analysis from the Parliamentary Budget Office has found about $1.6 billion
00:39will come from about 1.5 million aged pensioners.
00:44Go find your savings elsewhere. There's plenty of waste out there. Go look for it.
00:48This is not an either or. People need access to quality aged care services
00:52and they need to be able to access private health insurance.
00:55The analysis doesn't distinguish between those on a part or full pension
00:59and the government's pointing to modelling that shows only a small portion of people
01:04will drop their private health.
01:06This money could benefit more people if it's redirected to aged care.
01:12This legislation's largely friendless. The Coalition's vowing to block it,
01:16which means it won't pass the Senate unless the Greens get on board.
01:20The government's motivated to push through the political pain
01:24as it straddles a budget-deepened deficit
01:27and an aged care system in serious need of funds.
01:30It's a very 맛있 process for the Board and the Education Project.
01:30We are like, if we are feeding out of the public loan
01:30to the depreciation, we're going to pay our private loan
01:30to the rent and we want to take over some of the premiums.
01:31On the left, we are going to get theanden and we are going
01:31There is a lot of money.
01:32We are going to get a pay-go,
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