Making Medicare
Subtitle: the politics of universal health care in Australia
By: Anne-Marie Boxall & James Gillespie
Contributors: Gillespie, James, author
Edition: [North & South American edition].
Publisher: NewSouth Publishing
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Sydney, N.S.W
Language: eng
Number of pages: 223
ISBN-13: 9781742246574; 9781742241432; 9781742233437
Subjects: Health planning; Health Services Administration; Delivery of Health Care; Social Services & Welfare; Universal Health Insurance; POLITICAL SCIENCE; Public Policy; General; History; Politics and government; Social Security; Medical policy; Government policy; Health Planning; Public health; Health insurance; National Health Programs; National health services; Health services administration; Health Care Reform
Description: Since the 1980s, Australians have had a system of universal health care that we largely take for granted. But the road there wasn't easy. Making Medicare is the most comprehensive account of Australia's long, tortuous and unconventional path towards universal health care - it was established, abolished and introduced again - and the reforms that brought it into being. This book details the policy debates that have determined the shape of health care in Australia, but it is not just about the past. The authors offer a timely overview of further reforms needed to address the challenges facing our health care system: new technologies, the ageing population and the rising tide of chronic disease.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: 1; title: Health reform efforts to the 1950s -- 15 -- 2; title: Whitlam and health system reform, 1960-74 -- 36 -- 3; title: Making Medibank a reality, 1974-75 -- 52 -- 4; title: Organised medicine versus Medibank -- 64 -- 5; title: Fraser's health system reforms, 1976-81 -- 78 -- 6; title: Medibank weighed in the balance, 1976-78 -- 90 -- 7; title: Why Fraser abolished Medibank -- 102 -- 8; title: Hawke brings Medicare into being -- 114 -- 9; title: The politics of Medicare, 1984-96 -- 143 -- 10; title: John Howard, Medicare's greatest friend? -- 159 -- 11; title: Current issues, future challenges-- 175.