Inquiries

Submission 106 for Identifying Sectors For Reform View full list

Brief submission As an Emergency doctor working in a busy public hospital I already encounter many patients who cannot afford to go to a GP. I fear that any form of privatisation of services, which will always result in an increased cost to the

Date received: 25 Jul 2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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