Skip to Content
 Close search

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.

Wendy Aitkenhead (PDF - 57k)

Submission 78 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Profit-driven healthcare threatens the very foundation of our universal Medicare system, restricting access and quality of care, especially in areas where insurers don't stand to make money. We need investment in our public health system, rather

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Sally McCreath (PDF - 75k)

Submission 189 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Brief submission Privatisation of any health care will have and has shown that the clients of the system will suffer because of the organisations looking after their profits and shareholders. Healthcare is there to look after the health of people

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Robert and Janet Gillson (PDF - 74k)

Submission 185 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Brief submission My husband and I are disabled. I am a retired nurse. we live in a rural area and the health system is limited. Health care for this community is vital to continue and only improve for the future. Robert and Janet Gillson. Brief

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Rosanna Commisso (PDF - 77k)

Submission 209 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Brief submission It is vital that the Australian Government continues to support Medicare in its current format. One way of reducing the burden on the public health system, including hospitals is to force individuals earning over $120, 000 per year

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Leigh Mitchell (PDF - 26k)

Submission 97 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Brief submission Good health and access to medicine and medicines is a basic right. Privatisation directly or by stealth further creates a two tier society. Yes, I can afford it but no, many can't and our society and our humanity will suffer as a

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Dr David Miller (PDF - 57k)

Submission 83 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Medicare has been the backbone of health provision for over 40 years. It has enabled disadvantaged children, their parents and all Australians access to essential health services, including safe childbirth. Without Medicare, I, as a doctor would not

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Dr Jill Bestic (PDF - 77k)

Submission 159 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Brief submission Access to and equity in health provision is the right of every single person living in Australia. I have been a GP for 34 years and worked in many circumstances and realise the need for all to have access to sound health. Not a

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Prof H Lee Seldon (PDF - 79k)

Submission 170 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Brief submission Private healthcare as in the USA model fails because. 1) it is the most expensive in the world;. 2) it excludes poor people (at least until Obama came along). The world's best healthcare systems are the PUBLIC European ones.

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Cheryl McCarthy (PDF - 25k)

Submission 105 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


Brief submission I am concerned about private providers increasingly providing health services due to the decreased education opportunities for new health graduates in public hospitals. Private hospitals generally look after less unwell patients,

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Pat Best (PDF - 44k)

Submission 65 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list


I am a nurse, mother of 4 sons, grandmother of 8. I have worked in Australia, Belgium, and UK, also lived in USA &Singapore. Been hospitalised, or had medical treatment in all those countries. USA was a disaster, unless one was rich, or had Company

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

Inquiries to show
Filter results
Topics
Submission Type : all → initial
Date range