Aust urged to back medical future fund
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Australians are being urged to support a planned $20 billion Medical Research Future Fund in a new campaign to boost a commitment to research spending.
Medical researchers, academics and business will come together in Melbourne on Tuesday to push what they say is a "nation-defining" proposal.
The federal government announced the fund in May's budget. Money will be raised for the fund by the proposed GP co-payment and through savings in hospital and health spending.
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The campaign will say Australia has fallen behind on medical research, and invests only 64 per cent of the OECD average.
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