Both Labor and the Coalition have faced allegations of pork-barrelling this election campaign. But we can make better funding decisions.
Articles on Election 2025 health
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Specialists’ fees are high, vary across specialties and across geographical regions. And you can search for who’s charging what near you.
Here’s what an incoming government needs to have on its radar when it comes to aged care.
Here’s what the government’s new funding package for mental health gets right – and where it falls short.
Trump’s war on science is threatening even Australian research projects. So why does a growing pot of medical research funds remain unallocated?
Young people are waiting more than three months for mental health care, and are struggling to cope while they wait.
The cap on Medicare subsidised psychology sessions rose to 20 during COVID. But there are better ways to achieve the program’s aims.
60-day scrips can mean fewer trips to the pharmacist and lower costs. But only one in five eligible scripts are for a 60-day supply. Here’s what’s going wrong.
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.
Digital mental health services can use apps, symptom-tracking tools and programs to teach you CBT skills. But only some use real clinicians or peer supports.
Medicare urgent care clinics were first set up in 2023. But are they meeting their objectives?
The evidence suggests there’s benefit to getting those on higher incomes to contribute a small amount to the cost of seeing a GP.
Fewer than half of Australians are always bulk billed when they see a GP. Labor’s Medicare plan, which the Coalition has promised to match, could turn this around.
Recent government funding for women’s health included millions to expand trials of pharmacists prescribing the oral contraceptive pill. What do the experts think?
What is a menopause health assessment? And how will it improve the health care women receive during this stage in their lives?
When patients can’t access their MHT patches, they may consider switching to different formulations, such as tablets or gels. Here’s how they differ.
Yaz and Yasmin protect against pregnancy and can help manage some hormone-related conditions.
IUDs are small devices implanted in the uterus to prevent pregnancy. Finding a doctor to insert an IUD can be difficult and costly – but this could soon change.
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?
Some communities have too few GPs to ensure everyone can get the care they need, when they need it. Whoever wins the federal election should commit to fixing this.
Top contributors
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Associate, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Director, SPHERE NHMRC Centre of Research Excellence in Women's Sexual and Reproductive Health in Primary Care and Professor and Head of the Department of General Practice, Monash University
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Chair of Women's Health, Monash University
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Professor of Practice, Sydney Medical School, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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General Practitioner, PhD Candidate, Bond University
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Associate Professor, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Adelaide University
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Deputy Chair, Academic Board; Dean International, Faculty of Health Sciences, and Professor of International Health, Curtin University
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer, Mental Health, Edith Cowan University
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Democracy Deputy Program Director, Grattan Institute