You’re Right To Be ‘Mediscared’
OPINION: Those on the front lines know the Coalition has done real damage to healthcare…More
Tagged: medicare
Under Turnbull’s Government, Health Is Becoming A Private Affair
Bill Shorten has faced derision for attacking the PM over Medicare privatisation. But a close…More
Bill Shorten Is Right: Malcolm Turnbull Is A Major Threat To Medicare
Labor appears to have rediscovered old values, while the Liberals don’t appear changed one bit.…More
Commonwealth Staff Stop Work Over Eric Abetz Assault On Pay And Rights
Thousands more public sector workers will take protected industrial action today as ‘rolling actions’ continue…More
Tony Abbott's GP Co-Payment A Major Headache For Process And Policy
The government’s GP co-payment proposals have disingenuously combined bad policy and bad process. Ben Eltham…More
Opposition Continues To Grow To $7 Medicare Co-Payment
Thousands of Australians took to the streets last weekend to demonstrate against health spending cuts…More
The Sacred Status Of Private Health
Some bad ideas, such as building water desalination plants and privatising electricity retailing, just won’t…More
Better Access Cuts Will Hurt Most Vulnerable
On November 1 the axe fell, splitting nigh in half the number of Medicare-funded sessions…More
Paging Dr Rudd
Australians are a cynical lot. We know when politicians talk about ending the blame game…More
Daddy is divorcing Mummy
As the New York Times’ columnist Maureen Dowd puts it, there are two types of…More