The new budget might seem to be groundbreaking, but what does it really mean for health? Jennifer Doggett cuts through the fat of the 2011 budget. In Federal politics, as in MasterChef, a well-presented signature dish can give you the edge over the competition, even when everything else on your Budget night menu is bland and forgettable. Treasurer Wayne Swan … more
Jennifer Doggett
Jennifer Doggett is a contributing author to CPD’s recent publication More Than Luck: Ideas Australia needs now. Jennifer’s chapter Getting health policy into shape argues for a sharper focus on addressing the issues which matter most to consumers: out-of-pocket expenses, co-payments, and unequal access to health-care providers. Jennifer is a health policy analyst and consultant who has worked in a number of different areas of the health system, including the federal health department and the community sector, and as a political advisor on health policy. She currently works with health provider, industry and consumer groups on a range of health issues. She has a Masters in Public Health and a Graduate Diploma in Health Economics. Jennifer is the author of ‘A New Approach to Primary Care for Australia‘, published by the Centre for Policy Development in June 2007 and ‘Out of Pocket: Rethinking Health Copayments’ published by CPD in 2009.Articles by Jennifer Doggett:
James Whelan & Jennifer Doggett | Bean Counting is Compromising our Public Services
Can arbitrary cuts under the guise of efficiency deliver a better public service? James Whelan & Jennifer Doggett take a look at the political and policy failure that is the Efficiency Dividend.What will these continued cuts mean? The Efficiency Dividend (ED) requires public sector agencies to calculate a potential saving every year by multiplying their departmental expenses from the previous budget … more
Australia is one step closer to an integrated health system | Jennifer Doggett
CPD health expert, Jennifer Doggett, takes a look at the introduction last week into Federal Parliament of legislation to establish the National Health and Hospitals Network (NHHN). It’s a step closer to an integrated health system, but she points out a number of challenges Gillard’s minority government will need to overcome if we are to realise a more efficient, responsive and consumer-focused health system. more
Means-testing just one way to roll back an inefficient health subsidy
Resident CPD health policy expert, Jennifer Doggett, takes a close look at what the government proposes to include in a bill to be introduced to parliament soon. While labor may now be calling for means testing the private health insurance rebate, Jennifer suggests there are better ways to allocate health funding that deliver health care to people when they need … more
Shock Tactics
Are the ads made by John Singleton attacking the ALP’s health record telling the whole story? Jennifer Doggett tunes in more
Hang On – Are Local Hospital Boards Really A Good Idea?
The Coalition released its health and hospitals package today, including a pledge to establish local hospital boards. Before the paperwork stacks up too high, Jennifer Doggett has a closer look at the policy more
Health Care Affordability Needs A Makeover
There’s a big difference between having a bad hair day and getting sick, writes Jennifer Doggett, and that’s why we need more action on health care affordability more
Rudd’s Health Reforms: More Politics than Policy
Jennifer Doggett considers that the significance of the COAG meeting on health reform needs to be seen in terms of politics, rather than policy. more
Taking the pain out of patients’ hip pockets
Jennifer Doggett puts the spotlight on a significant gap in the health reform debate – the growing proportion of health funding that comes directly from patient’s pockets, as co-payments or out of pocket expenses. more