According to a new BCA report, the most significant opportunity to improve and save lives and make the system financially viable is releasing the mountains of patient data sitting in government ...

It is becoming increasingly difficult for Australians to access free medical care under Medicare. Growing numbers of general practitioners (GPs) are being forced to impose out-of-pocket fees due to a ...

As an Australian living in California and doing research on health policy, I’ve taken an interest in the ongoing debate among Californians about the benefits of moving to a single-payer health care ...

The U.S. has the world's most expensive health care system, but it leaves roughly 30 million people uninsured. As policymakers consider making changes, some are looking to Australia as a model. That ...

Professor and Director, Macquarie University Centre for the Health Economy, Macquarie University Over the weekend the Australian government announced A$644 million to build an extra 50 Medicare urgent ...

Welcome to the Pullman Hotel in Adelaide. It’s a lovely place but it’s also a stark example of everything that’s wrong with aged care and the bed blockages in our public hospital system, nowhere more ...

The coronavirus pandemic has stressed health-care systems around the world, testing their capacities to care for patients and protect health workers in a time of crisis. Authorities have sought to ...