State's bid for more cash in public hospital crisis fix

Pressure continues to mount for federal government intervention on the under-fire health network, with one state claiming it has reneged on a pledge to boost funding.

Tasmania's premier said people were becoming increasingly stranded in the state's hospital system waiting for aged care places or access to the National Disability Insurance Scheme, blaming a lack of federal cash for the crisis.

Liberal Premier Jeremy Rockliff said the federal Labor government had made no progress on its 2023 pledge to cover 42.5 per cent of public hospital running costs by 2030 and 45 per cent by 2035.

Tasmania faces a $673 million shortfall as a result, Mr Rockliff claimed.

"The reality is, the federal government, when it comes to percentages for our health system, is actually going backwards, not forwa