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The Price Problem and the Politics of Coverage
Harvard health economist Dr Benjamin Sommers explains what universal insurance solves, why US healthcare costs so much, and what countries like…
Mar 6
2
30:33
GP bulk billing surges but affordability pressures persist
Australia’s primary care funding model is under pressure, with new incentives lifting bulk billing rates even as out of pocket costs continue to rise.
Feb 13
1
19:21
How Federal Budgets are really decided
Australian Federal Budgets are shaped less by formal submissions than by institutional power, political priorities, and sustained credibility built long…
Feb 2
1
38:28
Greg Hunt: Designing virtual care for a modern health system
As digital health moves from novelty to normal, Australia faces critical choices about how virtual care is embedded, governed and funded across the…
Jan 29
10
32:38
Grattan Institute Report: What’s driving waste inside public hospitals?
Grattan Institute's Peter Breadon: billions in extra hospital funding are flowing in, yet inefficiency remains embedded as governments renegotiate the…
Jan 21
16:05
Australia’s illness system problem and the case for prevention-first reform
Australia spends heavily on health, yet the returns in healthy life years, equity and sustainability are increasingly under question as pressure mounts…
Jan 13
4
28:16
Are Australia’s three-year terms holding government back?
Australia’s three-year federal parliamentary terms increasingly prioritise campaigning over governing, constraining long-term policy, economic…
Jan 12
2
26:53
Australia’s Health System Is Holding Together but the Cracks Are Structural
Australia’s health system is entering a decisive decade, with rising costs, workforce shortages and demographic change exposing deep structural…
Dec 29, 2025
1
24:28
Chronic pain and the system built to overlook it
Chronic pain is rising, yet Australia’s health system still treats it as an afterthought, leaving millions without coordinated care, time, or…
Dec 29, 2025
1
15:45
Endometriosis, the system and the long road to being believed
Endometriosis affects one in nine Australian women, yet the health system continues to respond with delayed diagnosis and fragmented care rather than…
Dec 22, 2025
30:01
Surgical Menopause Is the Blind Spot in Women’s Health
Thousands of women undergo ovary removal each year, yet the health system still treats surgical menopause as a side issue rather than a lifelong…
Dec 22, 2025
17:32
Why Australia’s Health System Must Shift From Acute Care to Productivity
The Business Council of Australia argues health reform is now an economic necessity, not just a service issue.
Dec 19, 2025
1
10:35
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