@lukeslawomirski.bsky.social
Health economist - Senior postdoc fella @ The Australia Institute - father - reader - views are mine - repost not necessarily endorsement
@thepointau.bsky.socialReposted by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social"Australians are paying more to see specialists, and some are delaying or missing care as a result" writes @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social
"The answer is yes."
Read the full piece on The Point: https://sbrew.link/4CfFc6Ul
@thepointau.bsky.socialReposted by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social"Australia’s health system is exhibiting some of the worst traits of its American counterpart" writes @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social
Read the full piece on The Point: https://sbrew.link/BWYeZYR0
@lukeslawomirski.bsky.socialVery timely piece by The Economist on unnecessary surgery (gift link). Have you had experience with a medical intervention that left you feeling no better?
@australiainstitute.org.auReposted by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social"I mean call me crazy, but I think the objective of a health system is to keep people healthy, right?
"We keep people alive, but we don't keep them healthy."
@lukeslawomirski.bsky.social says Australia has built an illness system, not a health system. #auspol
@thepointau.bsky.socialReposted by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social“To truly understand why the rebate is poorly targeted and why reducing it makes sense, we need to challenge 4 assumptions that successive governments have used to underpin policy in this area” writes @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social
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@thepointau.bsky.socialReposted by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.socialHealth economist @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social argues that money saved by providing fewer subsidies for private health insurance would be better invested directly in other areas of Australia’s health system.
Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/new/260911-1...
@australiainstitute.org.auReposted by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social"Australia built an illness system, not a health system" - @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social
Luke discusses the soaring cost of specialist care & the problems with private health with @mattgrudnoff.bsky.social & @ebonybennett.bsky.social on this week's Follow the Money. #auspol
@thepointau.bsky.socialReposted by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social“Seeing a specialist has become a luxury rather than a way for any Australian to receive treatment for a serious health condition,” said @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social
Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/new/260828-t...
@thepointau.bsky.socialReposted by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.socialAustralia has created a strange market for specialist care. Medicare helps pay for it. Governments subsidize it. But, for much private specialist care, the final price is largely left to the provider.
Read the full piece by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social on The Point: thepoint.com.au/off-the-char...
@grogsgamut.bsky.socialReposted by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social"Millions delay or skip appointments as specialist care become too expensive for many Australians – new research"
by @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au/post/million...
