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- Labor's bill to cut over-65s health rebate was blocked in the Senate.
- The cut would have saved the federal budget $3 billion over four years.
- Modeling predicts almost 80,000 older Australians could drop private cover by 2028-29.
- Health Minister Mark Butler said Labor will reintroduce the bill on Thursday.
- Shadow health minister Anne Ruston warned the measure would affect up to 1.5 million pensioners.