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Medicare
10 articles
Australia's Public Dental Crisis: The Medicare Gap
Dental health sits outside Medicare despite evidence linking oral health to systemic disease. The case for universal dental coverage and cost of inaction.
Telehealth Permanency in Australia: Making Reform Last
Australia's COVID-era telehealth expansion delivered real access gains for rural and mental health patients. What's been made permanent, and why it should stay.
Australia's Bulk Billing Crisis: Why Medicare Is Failing
Bulk billing for GP visits fell from about 88% in 2022 to 76% in 2024. The rebate failures and workforce pressures behind the slide, and needed reforms.
Mental Health Parity in Australia: Closing the Policy Gap
One in five Australians has a mental health condition each year, yet funding and insurance remain structurally unequal to physical health. The case for parity.
Bariatric Surgery Access in Australia: A Two-Tiered System
Australia's bariatric surgery system splits sharply by income, leaving public patients waiting years as GLP-1 drugs reshape demand. Access barriers and reform.
Mental Health Medicare Reform: What Australia Needs Next
Better Access widened mental health care, but the 2023 cut to subsidised sessions, cost barriers, and workforce gaps leave many undertreated. What must fix.
Australia's GP Workforce Crisis: Causes and Solutions
Australia's GP shortage hits rural and outer-suburban areas hardest. The structural causes, the flow-on effects on hospitals, and reforms that could fix it.
Preventive Health Funding in Australia: Underinvested
Australia spends about 1.8% of health spending on prevention against a 5% WHO benchmark. The scale of underinvestment, the evidence, and costed reform options.
Medicare and PBS Reform for Obesity Treatment in Australia
Australia's PBS coverage of obesity medication lags the clinical evidence and leaves treatment inequitable. The case for expanded GLP-1 listing and reform.
Metabolic Syndrome in Australia: Evidence Meets Policy
Australia's metabolic syndrome burden is large and growing, but Medicare and policy haven't kept pace. The gap between what research shows and what's delivered.