imo if theres any shortage of funds for private hospitals the problem is likely with the insurance companies. its they who pay the hospitals for their work.
its never made sense to me that Govt should subsidise private health insurance companies. imo Howard arranged this according to ideology rather than good economic sense.
private hospitals have always managed reasonably well, given the small margin they operated under. but nevertheless the surgical specialists who owned the majority of small private hospitals always made a goo return on their investment.
