Tag Archives: Medicare Select

Would Medicare Select deliver a mental health boost?

November 2, 2009 – 7:10 pm

In recent weeks, Croakey has run several articles examining the potential pros and cons of the Medicare Select concept floated by the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission in its final report.
Now a senior mental health advocate, Sebastian Rosenberg, is weighing into the debate, asking what such a model might mean for those with mental [...]

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Medicare Select: the best option for consumers

October 13, 2009 – 7:03 pm

And the debate about Medicare Select continues…
Vern Hughes, the Secretary of the National Federation of Parents Families and Carers, has joined the discussion which has been going on here, here, here, and here at Croakey and also at Inside Story.
He writes:
“The National Federation of Parents, Families and Carers was one of just two organisations out [...]

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The health reform we DON’T need: Prof Stephen Leeder

October 9, 2009 – 11:37 am

Debate about the Medicare Select proposal continues.
Professor Stephen Leeder, professor of public health at the University of Sydney, argues the case against.
He writes:
“The prime minister, Mr Kevin Rudd, is conducting an extensive “direct consultation with the health sector and with communities around the nation” about the health reforms proposed by the National Health and [...]

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Would Medicare Select mean a fairer health system?

October 7, 2009 – 3:17 pm

The Medicare Select proposal has been generating some deep thinking and interesting debates.
Dr Tim Woodruff from the Doctors Reform Society has been putting his thinking cap to work, and you can read some of his concerns and conclusions below.
He writes:
“The debate about Medicare Select as a viable health reform option is welcome, given that [...]

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And yet more questions about Medicare Select

September 29, 2009 – 2:59 pm

Dr Michael Vagg, a physician in Victoria, has been reading up on Medicare Select. And he’s found more questions than answers.
He writes:
“Having made a brave effort to decode the relevant documents, I am completely unclear about the role of clinicians in the Medicare Select model.
While the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission happily burbles away [...]

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A query about the Medicare Select proposal

September 28, 2009 – 9:38 pm

Further to the previous Croakey post on the Medicare Select proposal, health policy Jennifer Doggett has some questions.
She writes:
“The Inside Story article is great – it really brings out some of the complexities of this issue and the unresolved issues in the National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission recommendation. I hope it gets read [...]

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Whose thinking really counted, with the Medicare Select proposal?

July 31, 2009 – 7:13 pm

The National Health and Hospitals Reform Commission received several hundred submissions and commissioned 24 discussion papers, one background paper and published 15 reports of consultations.
Out of all that input, it might be interesting to look at whose views really counted, when it came to developing one of the most contentious recommendations, for Medicare Select.
The Commissioners [...]

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