Each year Croakey provides a forum for analysis of the federal budget and its impact on health and health services. While we like to think that our parliamentarians and civil servants dip... Read more
Anne-marie Boxall writes: If your workplace is anything like mine, this week’s private health insurance premium increases might prompt conversations that go something like this: Can you beli... Read more
Stephen Duckett writes: The Commonwealth government’s big idea for primary health care in the past year was to charge everyone who visits the GP a A$7 co-payment. The idea had many problems... Read more
Lesley Russell writes: The Australian Medical Association (AMA) has emerged from the recent brouhaha over the Abbott government’s proposed Medicare reforms as both a winner in the protection... Read more
In the wake of the federal budget, uncertainty about the future is facing many areas in the health sector – and GP training is no exception, writes Dr Tim Senior in his latest Wonky Health c... Read more
In case you needed more evidence that the GP co-payment needs some further consideration, researchers at the University of Sydney have released has released a new study on the estimated imp... Read more
The impacts of a Medicare co-payment would be far-reaching, including increasing the health gap between wealthy and poorer areas, and making it harder for general practices to survive in dis... Read more
By Kellie Bisset A big Budget wrap Budget night has come and gone but the impact is still reverberating. There has been much written already about the potential effects of some... Read more
Jim Gillespie writes: The former Labor government’s GP Super Clinics Program has come in for a bashing. The Coalition has derided it as “a total waste of money” and News Corp has dubbed it a... Read more
Stephen Duckett writes: Should the rich pay more for their health care? This question has raised its ugly head again after health minister Peter Dutton announced the Coalition government was... Read more
