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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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
Dr Malgorzata Schmidt (PDF - 77k)
Submission 186 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission I am American and thus familiar with the disasterous effects and cost of health care in the absence of publically funded health service. I believe that the wisdom and common sense of my fellow Australians will never allow our
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Julie Roberts (PDF - 79k)
Submission 167 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission Most people can't afford Private Health Insurance especially when the costs increase so regularly, people will stop going to see doctors if it becomes costly which in turn will be more a drain on the system with people hospitalized,
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Sally Rose (PDF - 58k)
Submission 67 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Dear Sir,. Our public health system used to be very well thought of. Medicare needs protection from further erosion of its function. Filtering of patients who are most deserving of care in our public system frightens health professionals who have to
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Jill Kane (PDF - 77k)
Submission 197 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
Brief submission I have been a practising Registered Nurse for 40 years working in the Public and Private system in acute care. I am fearful about the future of Healthcare in Aust if the Govt plans to privatise it. Australia has the best healthcare
Date received: 25 Jul 2016
Verena Hunt (PDF - 32k)
Submission 68 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list
The Australian Public Health system is the envy of most other parts of the world we do not wish to change healthcare to resemble the US dollar driven model. Our tax dollar should be spent on health and education before dodgy planes and tax cuts to
Date received: 25 Jul 2016