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"User-pays good for wealthy"
The Australian
22 July 2004
Andrew Gunn
JANET Albrechtsen: healthcare and education are not free. They are paid for by taxes. This means that high-income earners contribute the most.
User-pays systems favour the wealthy. Hence their popularity among the well-off and their unpopularity among those who want a fair society. Full-fee university places for rich kids who miss the academic cut are not opposed due to envy.
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