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While our health care services are not in terminal decline, they are suffering from some chronic illnesses. Yet successive governments have examined our health care policies and done little more than slap on some sticking-plaster and send the more demanding patients away with a jellybean. The CPD's work tackles the inefficiency, inequity and needless complexity of our health system. We provide a platform for experts, stakeholders and citizens to share information and develop ideas to resuscitate Australia's ailing health policies.

Reclaiming universal care

The Centre for Policy Development is concerned about the drift towards a two-tier system in health care. With the ReThink paper A Health Policy for Australia: reclaiming universal health care, we hope to spark debate about how we can restore universalism and increase both equity and efficiency in health care – at no additional cost to the taxpayer.

Primary Care

The debate over funding for public hospitals has become so entrenched that policy makers can no longer think beyond the fight over who should cough up the dollars. In this CPD Occasional Paper, Jennifer Doggett explores the case for taking the pressure off hospitals in an entirely new way.

Citizen Engagement

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More than one health insurer is too many: the case for a single insurer

In this paper, CPD fellow Ian McAuley explores the intrinsic limitations of Australia's current private health insurance system and explains how a single national health insurer can overcome these. McAuley argues that a single national insurer is more likely to be able to contain moral hazard, deliver public goods, and control price and utilisation to deliver equitable health care at lower costs.


The case for a single insurer: Ian McAuley speaks at the 7th Annual Health Insurance Summit

CPD fellow Ian McAuley will present his paper The Case for a Single Insurer at the 7th Annual Health Insurance Summit in Sydney on the 29th July, 2008.


The need for design reform in Australian health: Incrementalism won't do

John Menadue will speak on the need for us to go beyond 'tinkering at the edges' and undertake fundamental reform of our health system in Woden on May 12.


AFR 10th Annual Health Congress: Building a healthcare system around people and their needs

CPD Chair John Menadue and fellow Ian MacAuley will speak at the Australian Financial Review's annual Health Congress held in Sydney on February 27th-29th, 2008.


John Menadue at the Victorian Healthcare Association conference

John Menadue addressed the Victorian Healthcare Association on 'the reform agenda' on Tuesday November 13, 2007. His speech is available for download here.


Citizen juries in Health

CPD and Sydney University's Australian Health Policy Institute presented a joint seminar on the use of citizen juries to improve outcomes in health policy decisions on Thursday 18 October at the University of Sydney.


A New Approach to Primary Care for Australia

The best way to take the pressure off hospitals is to ensure that most people don't need to go there in the first place. In this new paper Jennifer Doggett explains how we can reorient Australia's health system towards primary and preventative care.


Getting to the Point on Health Insurance

Joshua Gans looks at options for health funding that won't distort the system.


Watch this Space: Kids, Obesity and Advertising

‘Should advertisers’ “rights” continue to trump real concerns about children’s health, or parents’ frustrations at having their healthy eating efforts undermined?’ Lilian McCombs and Clare Hughes from CHOICE examine the arguments about junk-food marketing and childhood obesity.


Facing the Facts on Obesity

Australia eats too much and moves too little. But the solutions to the obesity crisis aren't simple, argues Steve Leeder. We need more evidence, less finger-pointing and strong leadership to get our obesity response into shape.


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