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The Doctors Reform Society are proud to sign a new open letter to Australian parliamentarians asking for significant commitments to carbon pollution reduction. This has been written as we approach the important UN conference in Paris in December 2015. We are but one of 51 diverse Australian organisations signing this letter.

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Last year’s budget was an easy target for those concerned about our health system. Now the Government is smarter. Instead of attempting to drive a truck through the very concept of a universal access health system, it has attempted to avoid confrontation by much more stealthy policies.

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First published: Sunday, April 26, 2015 8:20PM

Are co-payments dead? Or is that the sound of Medicare’s last gasps?

The GP co-payment is dead. So said the Prime Minister as he made his third retraction on the issue six weeks ago.

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First published: Saturday, February 14, 2015

Moving towards a two-tiered health system

Opinion: The Drum
By: Tim Woodruff

Posted Wed 14 Jan 2015, 2:51pm

The Federal Government’s stated concern about “6 minute medicine” is a sham. The real agenda is to reduce Medicare, which is why we should be glad that the Senate has indicated its opposition, writes Tim Woodruff.

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First published: Monday, January 5, 2015

First published: Friday, December 12, 2014

First published: Thursday, July 24, 2014

THE REAL AGENDA: PRIVATISATION AND SAFETY NETS, NOT COPAYMENTS.

Much has been written about the proposed copayments for health care. It has surprised many that the Federal Government has pushed so hard so fast to attack bulk billing and to increase user pays funding of health services. This has led to a superficial unity of resistance to the changes. But these proposals need to be seen in both a historical perspective and alongside the other less publicised proposals and suggestions from the Government.

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First published: Thursday, June 12, 2014

Killer copayments and murder of Medicare