Saving private health 2: Making private health insurance viable
REPORTThe only way that private hospital insurance can survive as Australia’s population ages is to make insurance cheaper for younger, healthier people.
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Health Program Director
Stephen DuckettDr Stephen Duckett has held top operational and policy leadership positions in health care in Australia and Canada, including as Secretary of what is now the Commonwealth Department of Health. He has a reputation for creativity, evidence-based innovation and reform in areas ranging from the introduction of activity-based funding for hospitals to new systems of accountability for the safety of hospital care. An economist, he is a Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia and of the Australian Academy of Health and Medical Sciences.
Information about Stephen Duckett’s academic publications are available on Google Scholar.
Program Topics
Reports
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3 December 2019
Saving private health 2: Making private health insurance viable -
25 November 2019
Saving private health 1: reining in hospital costs and specialist bills -
15 July 2019
The history and purposes of private health insurance -
16 April 2019
Commonwealth Orange Book 2019: Policy priorities for the federal government -
17 March 2019
Filling the gap: A universal dental care scheme for Australia
News & Opinion
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16 March 2020
COVID-19: The five coming challenges for our hospitals -
13 March 2020
Coronavirus crisis exposes fundamental flaws in our healthcare system -
13 March 2020
How to provide better services for people with mental health problems -
19 February 2020
Why young people dropping private health hurts insurers most, not public hospitals -
18 December 2019
Smoke and mirrors: inside the great private health insurance premium drama
Podcasts
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13 March 2020
COVID-19 and Australia’s healthcare system -
24 February 2020
How coronavirus is affecting the Australian economy -
13 December 2019
Can private health insurance be saved from the jaws of death? Canberra event – Podcast -
5 December 2019
Saving Private Health 2: Making private health insurance viable – Podcast
Submissions
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23 January 2020
Redesigning mental health care -
23 August 2019
How to improve palliative care -
8 July 2019
How to make hospital funding fairer -
13 May 2019
Different types of health data should be governed differently
Presentations
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4 December 2019
Saving private health -
22 October 2019
Remembering Richard Scotton, co-founder of Medicare -
6 August 2019
Prosthesis pricing needs fundamental reform -
2 August 2019
Private health insurance under challenge
Events
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27 March 2020
The economic, budgetary and health impacts of COVID-19: webinar -
25 November 2019
Can private health insurance be saved from the jaws of death? – Canberra -
16 July 2019
Private health insurance under challenge – Melbourne -
17 April 2019
Federal Election 2019: Big ideas for Australia’s next government – Melbourne -
05 March 2019
Filling the dental gap: meeting unmet oral health needs – Melbourne