Lieberals lied about need for $7 co-payment - Labor

A casual look at the title would suggest Labor itself may be crapping on and exaggerating to gain political points. This however is not the case. Labor is simply commenting what an independent report states; that there is no blowout in health spending, and in fact it's actually gone down in real terms. It is in fact entirely sustainable:

On average $6430 is spent on the health needs of every Australian each year - $17 less per person than in the previous year. 

It is the lowest growth the institute has recorded since it began the health expenditure Australia series in the mid-1980s. 

Labor's health spokeswoman Catherine King said the report showed the government case for the $7 co-payment was "a complete and utter lie". 

"The report overnight bells the cat on the government's claim that health spending is unsustainable," she told reporters in Canberra on Tuesday. 

Doctors say the government has been feeding the public a false narrative on the co-payment. 

"The Abbott government has justified its extreme health budget measures on the basis that health spending is out of control. Clearly it is not," Australian Medical Association president Brian Owler said. more