Australia government touts free healthcare hotline as general election nears

Australia government touts free healthcare hotline as general election nears

SYDNEY - Australia's Labor government on Sunday pledged to bolster the country's universal healthcare system with a free medical advice line and telehealth service if it wins the May 3 general election, in which cost-of-living pressures loom as a key issue. Read more at straitstimes.com.

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Australia's outgoing government pledged on Sunday to strengthen the national health care system (Medicare) with a free medical advice line and telemedicine services if it wins the May 3 election, as rising living costs are a central issue in the campaign. The center-left Labor Party sees protecting Medicare, where there is universal access, as a key differentiator between it and the conservative Liberal-Nationalist opposition, which says it will…