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Lives on the line with $8b deficit in rural health

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Rural Australians are dying up to 13 years earlier than their city peers, with an annual healthcare spending deficit in the bush reaching $8.35 billion.

That's the grim scenario set out by new figures released by the National Rural Health Alliance, showing those who live outside the cities miss out on $1090 in health spending per person every year.

The Forgotten Health Spend report, released on Mond...


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