This is a structural problem, not something one budget can fix.
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Governments spend billions of dollars every year to encourage us to take up private cover. But our research shows this does little to reduce pressure on the public system.
There are solutions to long surgery wait lists and workforce shortages, if the major parties had the bravery to commit to reform.
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Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University
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Professor of Health Systems Research and Founding Director, Australian Institute of Health Innovation, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne