Trump’s war on science is threatening even Australian research projects. So why does a growing pot of medical research funds remain unallocated?
- Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy and Economics, University of Sydney
In the United States, the state you live in, how you vote and how extreme your views are can all have an impact on your health and wellbeing. There are also lessons for Australia.
The new Community Pharmacy Agreement highlights the power of the Pharmacy Guild of Australia. No other part of the health-care system has seen such an increase in funding support.
Affordable and available dental care is crucial to addressing inequality in Australia.
Medicare has been mentioned a lot this election campaign. But what have the major parties actually promised? Five experts grade their policies.
Such an expansive scheme is very expensive. It has been costed at A$77.6 billion over the next decade, funded with new taxes on big corporations and billionaires.
Rapid antigen testing might be convenient. But high prices for home kits will put people off, compounding disadvantage.
The AMA has shaped some important decisions in the pandemic, but it’s not always clear how its power is used.
Coordinate, motivate, deliver. That’s only the start of the jargon in Australia’s plan to vaccinate the nation.
Expensive, opaque and in duplicate. Why company contracts to help the COVID vaccine rollout are such a concern.
US president-elect Joe Biden is taking expert advice on how to tackle the US coronavirus crisis. But is that enough?
Coronavirus infections in prisons are a public health problem for everyone, not just prisoners and sfaff.
Now the Council of Australian Governments (COAG) has been scrapped, there’s a real chance for health to remain on the national agenda. But let’s not repeat mistakes of the past.
The Pharmacy Guild represents the owners of community pharmacies around the country. Their reach into every community and large political donations make them more powerful than other lobby groups.
The budget includes a step towards modernising Medicare, through a new annual payment for each person with diabetes who signs up with a specific GP.
Making older Australians the cornerstone of budget measures is a calculated political tactic.
The AMA are pushing for simplified insurance packages that would see gold, silver and bronze products offered. This won’t solve the overall problem with private health insurance.
Providing health care to the bush not only benefits people’s health but the local economy.
High specialist fees in this country, and what they mean for Australians’ access to health care, have been of concern for some time.
For the first time in 15 years, as premiums and complaints rise, the proportion of the population with private health insurance is declining.
The government must do more to deliver a 21st-century health system – not just to improve its standing with voters but to meet the health needs of all Australians.
States will receive an additional A$2.9 billion from July 2017 to June 2020, with growth in Commonwealth funding capped at 6.5%. The Conversation’s experts respond.
For many patients, hospital may not be the best place for their care.
In some parts of Australia, patients are twice to three times more likely to avoid seeing their GP because they can’t afford it, according to figures released today.
The Conversation’s experts respond to the ALP national conference on matters of asylum seekers, health, education, party reform and more.
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