Luke Slawomirski
Luke Slawomirski is a health economist and former clinician. He has worked for State and Commonwealth governments, and the OECD in Paris. He is a Visiting Lecturer at Imperial College London and is completing a PhD with the Menzies Institute for Medical Research at the University of Tasmania.
Private health isn’t delivering on value. Here are three practical steps for reform
This is the second of three articles examining the value private health insurance and private healthcare bring to the Australian health system.
Private health premiums are rising, but is the system working? (spoiler: no)
This is the first of three articles examining the value private health insurance and private healthcare bring to the Australian healthcare system.
Factcheck: Does the mining industry pay enough tax to fund medicare? Nice try, but no
In a new ad campaign, a mining lobby group claims that mining companies pay “enough tax to fund Medicare.” This is not true. Over the past ten years, the total cost of Medicare was $322 billion, while the mining industry paid $228 billion in tax, a gap of some $94 billion.
Four Corners case highlights a deeper problem in Australian healthcare
The Four Corners program aired on Monday night detailed how Melbourne gynaecologist Simon Gordon performed surgeries to remove the ovaries and uteruses of dozens of young women who did not need these highly invasive and life-changing procedures. But beyond these shocking examples, Australia has a widespread problem with unnecessary and inappropriate medical interventions.
