This budget was much more about funding existing health services than reform.
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Specialist doctors have the highest incomes in the country and run the most profitable business. But patients often can’t afford their fees.
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.
The aim is to make health care affordable and sustainable. Our new research shows how.
It sounds good in theory, but it doesn’t always work in practice. Here’s what the evidence from the UK and elsewhere shows so far.
Making the wrong decision about how to access care can impact both your health and finances. So what are your options? And what policy reforms are needed to improve affordable access to health care?
Stopping cells from dividing into new cells is one way to fight cancer. This is how the drug abemaciclib works.
Greater payroll taxes for GP clinics means lower profits. Clinics will seek to make up the shortfall in revenue by other means – and this could include reducing the number of patients they bulk bill.
We now have a sensible pathway to improve access to health care, using the skills of nurses, pharmacists and GPs appropriately.
The budget gets on with the job of implementing the health policies already promised. But there’s still more to do to get the new government’s policy settings right.
The government has missed a chance to better target cost cuts to certain patient groups, for certain medical conditions, and for generic drugs.
Nigeria must remove fuel subsidies and channel the funds to critical sectors of its economy.
Walking has been proven to reduce the risk of heart disease, bowel and breast cancers, osteoporosis and diabetes. New data shows it also reduces the need for hospital care.
This is a steady-as-she goes budget, mostly just confirming pre-announcements with only the expected unpleasant decisions, such as the continuation of the Medicare rebate freeze.
Australians are picking up some of the slack of government belt-tightening by paying more for health, with experts concerned this could reduce the equity in Australia’s health system.
Health took a back seat in this year’s federal budget. While the proportion of money being spent on health is increasing in 2013-14, the bulk of it is due to spending commitments made in previous budgets…
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