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Priorities for a new government: keeping the Medicare promise, thinking beyond services and getting governance right
Author(s) -
Duckett Stephen J
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
medical journal of australia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.904
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1326-5377
pISSN - 0025-729X
DOI - 10.5694/mja13.00224
Subject(s) - corporate governance , government (linguistics) , business , public administration , public relations , political science , finance , linguistics , philosophy
Perspectives 40 years ago, reaffirmed with Medicare 30 years ago th year, was that financial barriers to care would be remo and people would be able to access public hospital car free at point of service, when they needed it. Both commitments are under challenge, with 14% of the population r porting deferring or not seeking medical in the past year because of cost,1 and governmentendorsed waiting time targets not being achieved. Health policy priorities should include more than just one-term quick fixes