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Doctors Reform Society

@drsreform

Doctors and medical students promoting measures to improve health for all, in a socially just and equitable way, since 1973. #SDOH #globalhealth #closingthegap

 Australia
drs.org.au
Joined October 2010
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The Doctors Reform Society Welcome Band-aids, but Medicare needs Major Surgery drs.org.au/media_releases/do… #electionbudget2025 #auspol #mark_butler_mp
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“…it is worth remembering that private health insurance is a terrible way to deliver good health outcomes.” theguardian.com/business/gro…
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Australia can afford to make GP visits free at the point of care. This article has some of the right ideas: theconversation.com/australi… via @ConversationEDU
Australia can afford to bulk bill all GP visits. So why don’t we?

Australia can afford to bulk bill all GP visits. So why don’t we?

The aim is to make health care affordable and sustainable. Our new research shows how.

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Proud to join with @drsreform Au/NZ Doctors for #palestine and Network of Women in #emergencymedicine to call once again for decisive action to protect life in #Gaza.
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What ever happened to the repair of Medicare with structural reforms and comprehensive primary care. Forgotten in the budget @AusHealthReform @CroakeyNews @stephenjduckett @Greens
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“It’s difficult not to speculate, then, about what might happen to waiting lists and ambulance ramping if the federal government were to give $9.5 billion every year to public hospitals instead of to the private health industry.” themonthly.com.au/issue/2024…
The cost of care

The cost of care

Pressures on our public hospitals can result in long waits for treatment and elective procedures – but is the answer to let patients pay to jump the queue?

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Fairfax reports Grattan Institute finding covid outcomes directly related to SEStatus. So are all health outcomes. Time for Fed G to commit to adjust all bulk health payments for SEStatus. Lets do it. @MelissaSweetDr @AusHealthReform @natassiazc
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Ceasefire Now: Australian Health Care Workers change.org/p/call-for-ceasef… Please sign on
Sign the Petition

Sign the Petition

Ceasefire Now: Australian Health Care Workers

change.org
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Vale Bill Hayden 1975 Medibank, later Medicare introduced. Bill Hayden key to negotiations with doctors/States to give all Australians public health insurance to see doctors in community/ access to public hospitals without charge. His legacy lives on. Thank you Bill.
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We’re proud to be among these organisational signatories. Self-determination is a social determinant of health.
Mark Butler MP (@Mark_Butler_MP) profile pictureMark Butler MP
@Mark_Butler_MP25 Sep 2023
More than 125 health organisations say YES to a Voice to Parliament. This morning health organisations have published an open letter in support of the Voice to Parliament.
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Labor is not doing enough to address equity. It has policies but isn't implementing them. Instead it punishes the sick for being sick. Article from DRS @ahcra @NC_Robinson @Sue_Dunlevy @SenatorJordon @Mon4Kooyong @SophieScamps
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tim woodruff@woodruff_tim9 May 2023
At last a move which will stop evolving bbillilng crisis. cheaper drugs. And more long term measures to help rebuild Medicare. Even addresses growing income/wealth inequality a bit @AusHealthReform @abcnews @MelissaSweetDr @drsreform @latikambourke @mon
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tim woodruff@woodruff_tim30 Apr 2023
Medicare Restructure A Start. 1/2 as much as needed. No action on current bulk billing crisis. An emergency ignored. Poverty kills so why keep dole below poverty line. @drsreform @LaTrioi @abcadelaide @AusHealthReform @MelissaSweetDr
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tim woodruff@woodruff_tim27 Apr 2023
2 months prescriptions: winners=patients doctors medical practices Gov. Losers=pharmacists. Savings reinvested in pharmacies but how? ALP taken on 1 union, will it take on doctors union, AMA next. @NC_Robinson @drsreform @MelissaSweetDr @AusHealthReform
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tim woodruff@woodruff_tim9 Apr 2023
Save Money or Save Patients: What is Medicare About? Robo-debt 2! time for big changes @PreslandMandy @drsreform @AusHealhReform @NC_Robinson @MelissaSweetDr @Mon4Kooyong
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One of the local GP practices in my area has closed down. They were long established and well regarded. Why? Because general practice is unviable if your patients can't pay. amansw.com.au/gp-crisis/
GP Crisis - Australian Medical Association (NSW)

GP Crisis - Australian Medical Association (NSW)

As yet another practice closes its doors due to financial instability, 
Dr Kenneth McCroary laments the impact of the GP crisis on the South West Sydney community.

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tim woodruff@woodruff_tim8 Apr 2023
Bulk Billing for Patients: Radical Ideas to Achieve a Fair Go Welcomed. See theaustralian.com.au/nation/… Our thoughts below or drs.org.au/media_releases/bu… @MelissaSweetDr @NC_Robinson @AusHealthReform @Mon4Kooyong @sop
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Medicare reform, please act now Minister. There are things you can do immediately to improve access for the most vulnerable whilst we wait for huge Medicare reconstruction
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Medicare taskforce release good rhetoric, correct direction. No agreement on detail. Years to implement. Need more help NOW to address access to GP and other services. Pharmacists could help but many caveats.
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An opportunity to reset the agenda. Patient focused with all the health professionals including GPs, working to their full capacity together, being paid properly in such challenging circumstances. Also see drs.org.au/articles/rorts-an…
tim woodruff (@woodruff_tim) profile picturetim woodruff@woodruff_tim20 Jan 2023
Medicare Needs Reconstructive Surgery, not Band-aids medicalrepublic.com.au/mbs-n… @drsreform @AusHealthReform @MelissaSweetDr @abcmelbourne @abcsydney @GuardianAus @SatPaper
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