In 2007, Kevin Rudd promised to fix Australia’s public hospitals if the states had not done so in a year. He would be foolish to blindly follow his National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission’s recommendations, writes David Penington.
Public hospitals
Agnostics need faith in private hospital sector
You can’t be agnostic when the whole point of contracting out public services is to gain the cost and productivity benefits of the more efficient private sector, writes Jeremy Sammut.
Public hospital “guidelines” funded by drug maker
The push for widespread use of an anti-blood clot drug has been described as “scandalous,” writes Ray Moynihan.
The Abbott plan puts politics before health
It’s very kind of the media to allow Minister Tony Abbott to keep the election focus on the perennial problems of public hospitals. This not only gives him an easy shot at the states, but also helps distract public attention from areas where the health buck stops firmly at his government’s feet.
Rudd’s hospitals takeover – read the fine print!
The Kevin Rudd plan to reform the health system and , if necessary, take over the hospitals has many sound policy features. But let the buyer beware, writes Robert Wells.
