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Knowing in advance what your specialist will charge is a good step forward. But we need fairer fees to start with.
The latest figures suggest it’s easier now to find a bulk-billing GP. But poorer patients can still miss out, for one important reason.
How much? This proposal could help take the stress and financial guesswork out of having a baby. But not everyone agrees.
But this comes with legal and health risks. Here’s what you need to know before importing medicine for yourself or your immediate family.
The government has missed a chance to better target cost cuts to certain patient groups, for certain medical conditions, and for generic drugs.
People who need the most health care – the poor and the chronically ill – miss out on care the most. But there are ways to reduce this inequity.
A market inquiry has looked into private health care costs in South Africa.
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Program Director, Health and Aged Care, Grattan Institute
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Honorary Enterprise Professor, School of Population and Global Health, and Department of General Practice and Primary Care, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy Practice, Adelaide University
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Senior Research Officer, Blood Cells and Blood Cancer Division, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Associate Professor, Brain and Mind Centre, University of Sydney; University of Canberra
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Adjunct Professor at the National Drug Research Institute (Melbourne based), Curtin University
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Senior Associate, Grattan Institute
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Senior associate, Grattan Institute
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Senior Lecturer in Pharmacy, Adelaide University
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Associate, Health Program, Grattan Institute
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Professor, School of Psychological Sciences, The University of Melbourne
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Postdoctoral Research Associate, Health Services Management, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, School of Public Health, University of Gothenburg Sweden, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor of Women's Health Economics, University of Technology Sydney