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The Federal Government will claw back one third of the GST revenue it gives the states so it can take over 60 per cent of the funding of the nation's hospitals in a major health reform plan announced by Prime Minster Kevin Rudd today. Canberra will no longer give the states any money to fund their hospitals and will instead directly fund regionally based Local Hospital Networks that will have to meet strict standards on waiting lists and infection control to get the money. Instead of handing over block grants for hospital funding the Rudd Government will in the future...