03181nam 2200661Ia 450 991080950480332120200520144314.01-74224-143-31-74224-657-5(CKB)2550000001163269(EBL)1557384(OCoLC)863823812(SSID)ssj0001102355(PQKBManifestationID)12413121(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001102355(PQKBWorkID)11082694(PQKB)10214034(MiAaPQ)EBC1362033(MiAaPQ)EBC6215950(MiAaPQ)EBC1557384(Au-PeEL)EBL1362033(CaPaEBR)ebr10748785(CaONFJC)MIL545407(OCoLC)857365214(Au-PeEL)EBL1557384(MiAaPQ)EBC7243923(Au-PeEL)EBL7243923(EXLCZ)99255000000116326920130822d2013 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMaking medicare[electronic resource] the politics of universal health care in Australia /Anne-Marie Boxall and James A. GillespieSydney NewSouth20131 online resource (241 p.)Description based upon print version of record.1-74223-343-0 1-306-14156-7 Includes bibliographical references and index.Front Cover ; About the Authors ; Title Page ; Copyright ; Contents; Foreword; Making Medicare: A Timeline; Introduction: Health Care and History; 1. Health Reform Efforts To The 1950s; 2. Whitlam and Health System Reform, 1960-74; 3. Making Medibank A Reality, 1974-75; 4. Organised Medicine versus Medibank; 5. Fraser's Health System Reforms, 1976-81; 6. Medibank Weighed In The Balance, 1976-78; 7. Why Fraser Abolished Medibank; 8. Hawke Brings Medicare Into Being; 9. The Politics of Medicare, 1984-96; 10. John Howard, Medicare's Greatest Friend?; 11. Current Issues, Future Challenges; NotesReferencesAcknowledgments; Index<P style=""MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"" class=MsoNormal>Since the 1980s, Australians have had a system of universal health care that is often taken for granted. But the road there wasn't easy. <I>Making Medicare</I> is a comprehensive account of Australia's long, tortuous, and unconventional path toward universal health care-as it was established, abolished, and introduced again-and of the reforms that brought it into being. With its detailed investigation of the policy debates that have determined the shape of health care in Australia, this book is the most thorough survey of Medicare's history publMedical policyAustraliaHistoryPublic healthAustraliaHistoryMedical policyHistory.Public healthHistory.362.10994Boxall Anne-Marie1670585Gillespie James A1670586MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910809504803321Making medicare4032538UNINA