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The Health Wrap: RIP copayment; choice vs culture; future proofing research...
By Kellie Bisset RIP copayment As Prime Minister Tony Abbott ended ongoing criticisms of the government’s GP copayment proposal by declaring it “dead, buried and cremated”, health...
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Time for policy rethink as frequent GP attenders account for 41% of costs
Stephen Duckett writes: The Commonwealth government’s big idea for primary health care in the past year was to charge everyone who visits the GP a A$7 co-payment. The idea had many problems – it could...
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How we’ve ended up with a bankrupt health debate…
Health policy news has been making headlines of late. There’s been: • the Federal Government’s long-awaited announcement on the new Primary Health Networks; • the move to financially penalise...
View ArticleAre co-payments dead? Or is that the sound of Medicare’s last gasps?
Dr Tim Woodruff, vice president of the Doctors Reform Society, writes: The GP co-payment is dead. So said the Prime Minister as he made his third retraction on the issue six weeks ago. However,...
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Greens leader Richard Di Natale: GP #publichealth specialist –“no doubt...
Senator Richard Di Natale, former GP and public health specialist, was widely described as “little known” in the mainstream media when he was elected leader of the Greens yesterday. But he is well...
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Health Budget 2015-16 – underwhelming at best
After the drama of last year’s ‘slash and burn’ Budget, the Abbott Government’s second Federal Budget was designed to underwhelm the health sector and in this respect at least it delivered. In fact,...
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Servicing the health machine – Response to the Health Budget 2015
Does our health system need a Fat Controller? In the following post, Professer Nick Graves from the Australian Centre for Health Services Innovation analyses the health measures in the Budget and...
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Memo to Canberra: How are other countries finding billions for health care?...
There’s confusion about what is or isn’t on the table for cuts after Health Minister Sussan Ley conceded the Senate won’t pass increased patient contributions for PBS drugs, but said the $1 billion...
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The Health Wrap: A budget health check; medical school war of words; eyes on...
This week’s Health Wrap is compiled by my colleague Megan Howe, the Sax Institute’s Publications Manager. Enjoy the Wrap and tweet us via @medicalmedia or @meghowe68 if you have any...
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The Good GP never stops learning: the RACGP video that made doctors cry – and...
The Royal Australian College of General Practitioners has launched a promotional video as part of a community awareness campaign – and the early reviews are mixed, particularly depending on which side...
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Will #COAG calls for new focus on primary care, keeping people out of...
‘Frankly, if we can have a conversation rather than a scare campaign, our country will be so much better off,’ said Prime Minister Tony Abbott as the 40th Council of Australian Governments (COAG)...
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