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Coalition backing patients on cataract

The coalition is standing firm on the Rudd government's cut to the Medicare rebate for cataract surgery, because they are on the "side of patients", opposition health spokesman Peter Dutton says. Full Article at Sydney Morning Herald

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  1. SUINING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 22:  Senior citizens who have undergone cataract surgery by the Lifeline Express rest in a hospital on November 22, 2009 in Suining of Sichuan Province, China.
  2. A doctor attaches a new lens onto an eye during a cataract surgery at Qadr hospital's operation room in Tangerang, Indonesia's Banten province, October 17, 2009.
  3. NANYANG, CHINA - MAY 11:  A cataract patient checks his sight after a surgery by doctors of the Lifeline Express at the Nanyang Ninth People's Hospital, the base hospital of the Lifeline Express, May 11, 2008 in Nanyang of Henan Province, China.
  4. PERTH, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 30: An couple signs a consent form prior to being immunised with the Panvax H1N1 Vaccine during the launch of the National pandemic (swine flu) influenza vaccination campaign by the Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon at Swan Park Leisure Centre on September 3...
  5. MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - SEPTEMBER 29:  The Minister for Health and Ageing, Nicola Roxon visits Tran Le as she is operated on.
  6. SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - AUGUST 06:  Minister for Health and Ageing Nicola Roxon makes a funding announcement for a new clinical school, and health consultation during a press conference at Blacktown Hospital following the release of the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission Report on August...
  7. A file picture taken on June 3, 2009, shows young people putting on masks as they arrive at Melbourne's Austin Hospital.

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