John Menadue Calls for all good people to come to the aid of Medicare in his address to the Victorian Healthcare Association Annual Conference held in Melbourne, 23 October 2009
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Extending the Role of Pharmacists
John Menadue’s address to the Pharmacy Australia Congress, October 17.
Medicare Select – Entrenching Inequality in Health Care? | DISCUSSION PAPER
Ian McAuley and Peter Frank analyse the ‘Medicare Select’ proposal and find it wanting.
Jennifer Doggett | Private Health Insurance Rebate: “The Worst Health Funding Policy in Australia’s History”
Jennifer Dogget criticises the Oppositions take on health financing issues in the context of their rejection of the Government’s efforts to reform the private health insurance rebate. Read Jennifer Dogget’s article originally published at Crikey… more
Comments on the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission report
John Menadue AO responds to the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission’s final report.
Managing demand and supply in health
John Menadue‘s submission to the Senate Community Affairs Inquiry on the Private Health Insurance Bill looks at what Australia must do to contain healthcare costs.
Out of pocket: rethinking health copayments | OCCASIONAL PAPER
Jennifer Doggett proposes a complete rethink of the way we pay for health care in the Centre for Policy Development’s latest paper ‘Out of Pocket’
Cracking down on the private health insurance rebate should be just the beginning: Ian McAuley
Centre for Policy Development fellow Ian McAuley discusses the private health insurance rebate and why it bolsters the wealthy and penalises self-reliance.
Reflections on the NHHRC Interim Report
Centre for Policy Development fellow and author of A New Approach to Primary Care for Australia,Jennifer Doggett, weighs up the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission (NHHRC) Interim Report.