by Antonietta Natoli | Health Funding, Paper
The Hawke Government, Medicare & The NSW Doctors” Dispute 1983-1993 Labor’s shadow Health Minister Neal Blewett outlined the Party’s health policy in February in 1983. In March the Hawke Labor government was elected claiming a mandate for a new...
by Antonietta Natoli | Health Funding, Paper
The Fraser Period 1975-1983 Medibank Dismantled Stagflation was continuing. Government emphasis turned to controlling expenditure The Fraser government believed health costs were being pushed up inexorably. Federal government’s focus turned to the reduction of...
by Antonietta Natoli | Health Funding, Paper
The Whitlam Period 1972-1975 Short-lived Medibank The first two years of the Whitlam government were economically buoyant. New welfare programs were introduced and expanded. Then the effects of the oil shocks began to register. Labor’s Medibank was a...
by Antonietta Natoli | Health Funding, Paper
Drive For Compulsory Universal Health Insurance 1968 -1972 The Rise of the Health Economists Existing ideas and schemes for making health services more available and affordable to the bulk of the population were proving unsatisfactory. Heath costs and government...
by Antonietta Natoli | Health Funding, Paper
The Menzies Era.1949 – 1968The Senate Select Committee on Medical and Hospital Costs Health strategy under Menzies-style governments moved sharply back from war time Labor’s nationalised British-style health model. But Commonwealth welfare and...
by Antonietta Natoli | Health Funding, Paper
WWII Labor Government1941-1949A Nationalised Health System? This was to be the first time that a nationalised health system with a salaried medical service was proposed by government. Previously, a national insurance scheme was the main line of thought. From this time...
