Both Labor and the Coalition have faced allegations of pork-barrelling this election campaign. But we can make better funding decisions.
- Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
Australians will save on the costs of scripts and on GP visits. But the budget doesn’t start the reforms needed to secure the health system’s long-term future.
Medicare urgent care clinics were first set up in 2023. But are they meeting their objectives?
The funding has been billed as a way to shorten waits for care in emergency departments and for elective surgery. But will it really make a difference?
Medicare encourages providers to deliver more services, not to deliver good quality care. Here’s why that needs to change.
This is a structural problem, not something one budget can fix.
Currently, when someone turns 65 they are not eligible to apply for NDIS support, even if they had disability before then. We asked experts if that should change.
A social insurance model would use compulsory contributions from worker salaries to cover the cost of aged care services. But it’s not a silver bullet to fix our aged-care funding crisis.
The Pharmacy Guild head wept at the thought of pharmacies losing income from a change that allows people with chronic diseases to halve their prescription costs. What’s going on?
Medicare needs an overhaul to improve patients’ access to quality care. And we have a unique opportunity to shake up how health care is provided.
Three out of five said yes.
Caught up in the latest Medibank cybersecurity breach? Not happy with your premiums? Here’s what you need to know about switching health insurer.
The greatest workforce challenge Australia faces is in health, an issue that will likely be with us for another decade. Here’s one way to fix it.
Adding more beds won’t fix emergency department pressures. Neither will one-size-fits-all processes. But improving patient flow and addressing staff shortages might.
There are solutions to long surgery wait lists and workforce shortages, if the major parties had the bravery to commit to reform.
The government has spent $100 billion on the private health insurance rebate. Why? And does it represent value for money?
We measured financial literacy among 589 informal carers that substantially helped an older person make a decision about paying for residential aged care. Less than half were financially literate.
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