Inquiries
Public inquiries and commissioned studies give the opportunity for all points of view in the community to be heard and considered. All individuals, firms, groups and organisations with an interest in an inquiry can participate in the inquiry.
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Kaijin Kenisciehad (PDF - 8k)
Submission 114 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission The standard off the people's health is directly relevant to the health of the nation. Therefore the Health system MUST have a Public Agency. That Agency is Medicare, privatisation will render more people without health care and
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Dr Marion Pickard (PDF - 25k)
Submission 102 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission To the Productivity Commission,. I am a General Practitioner in a mixed socioeconomic neighbourhood and every working day I see people who cannot afford to pay extra to see the doctor and sometimes go without important medications
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Terry Wall (PDF - 8k)
Submission 110 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission Rule Number One:. Governments should never privatize anything that has the faintest odor of MONOPOLY. Health is actually a MONOPOLY as there is no alternative. If someone discovered a seriously effective answer to the Unsustainable,
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Miriam McCluskey (PDF - 56k)
Submission 64 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Medicare equals care for all. It is a basic right for rich or poor. Without Medicare being in public hands poorer people the elderly young families and the chronically ill will not be able to afford timely health care. Without affordable quality
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
James Miller (PDF - 56k)
Submission 62 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Regardless of the cost, medicare must remain in the hands of government and public servants, who are motivated only by the public good they can offer, rather than revenue or profit. Too often I see the service delivered by private companies - health
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Paula Martin (PDF - 55k)
Submission 66 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
As a health care professional I am concerned that we are ignoring a wealth of historical and international evidence that tells us that increasing the presence of private providers in our public healthcare system will undermine the quality and
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Dr Tom Morley (PDF - 31k)
Submission 49 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Privatisation of public health services, including Medicare, shifts the focus from patient-centred care to profit-driven care. Unfortunately, primary care is already being used to the limit, and I fear that should there be an even stronger push
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Dr John Funder (PDF - 80k)
Submission 211 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission The Coalition looks like they will never learn. Make Medicare more efficient by all means, but don't do anything (including a reference to the PC) that can give even a whiff of privatization of any part of it - including freezing
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Isabell Collins (PDF - 59k)
Submission 199 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission When people are unwell, they need to concentrate on getting better without worrying about how they are going to pay medical bills. I am old enough to remember the distress of patients about the cost of health care before Medicare
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Dr John Darby (PDF - 78k)
Submission 188 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission Times have changed since I became a GP BEFORE medicare was thought of. Then - in a working class suburb- most of my patients had their own health care insurance, and those who didn't got treated regardless of payment - many pid in
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
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- murray-darling basin plan
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- migrant intake into australia
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