Health in 2016 Cheat Sheet

Stephen Duckett from the Grattan Institute has published a handy update on Australian health in The Conversation.  Health in 2016: a cheat sheet on hospitals, Medicare and private health insurance reform updates us on the problems in the current systems, reviews currently being undertaken and the likelihood of government action on health reform.  "The health care headaches in 2016 are, in fact, the same ones we faced a decade ago, albeit different in severity and symptoms. They include population growth, ageing and the rise of chronic disease; inequality in access to care and health outcomes; technological change (the good, the bad and the expensive) and the seemingly inexorable rise in health costs."