Medicare review: Crossbench senators say government should have been working with doctors from the start

By James Massola and Harriet Alexander
Updated April 22 2015 - 6:08pm, first published 5:06pm
"Better late than never": Independent senators John Madigan and Nick Xenophon said the government's Medicare review is a step in the right direction. Photo: Andrew Quilty
"Better late than never": Independent senators John Madigan and Nick Xenophon said the government's Medicare review is a step in the right direction. Photo: Andrew Quilty

Tony Abbott's former health advisor has questioned the appointment of a former Australian Medical Association president to head a key plank of the government's Medicare review, saying he is too much a product of the doctor's lobby group to be independent.

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