Herewith a wrap of some reactions to the health budget, covering areas such as dental policy (or the lack of it), primary health care, alcohol policy and prevention. (Based on extracts from... Read more
(Part 7 of a Croakey series on health reform) At last there are some suggestions of health reforms directed towards primary care and chronic disease management. At least, according to this r... Read more
(part 5 of a Croakey series on health reform) One of the things that keeps the health round interesting for journalists (but must drive policy makers mad) is that it is such a fertile field... Read more
Laugh. Maybe it’s just a bad case of Mondayitis, but the coverage of today’s COAG deliberations on health reform have had that effect. Here in The Australian, we have the Austral... Read more
For those who’ve been following the Croakey debate on the “healthy” rebranding of soft drinks, here’s an interesting story from the LA Times health blog following up... Read more
Fiona Armstrong, a health policy advisor and longstanding advocate of health reform, is deeply disappointed by the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission report. She writes: “The NH... Read more
You can read the report in all its detail here, but in the meantime, here is a quick summary. The executive summary identifies several priorities, including: Indigenous health • Establish a... Read more
While the front pages and buckets of airtime are being devoured by the question of whether the wealthy should have to pay more for their private health insurance, there are other, far more i... Read more
Unlike most diagnostic tests, the retrospectoscope is universally reliable, even in the hands of a journalist like myself. With the benefit of the retrospectoscope, it now seems so obvious.... Read more
Ian McAuley, health economist, Centre for Policy Development and University of Canberra, critiques the interim report of the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission, released today:... Read more
