http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/jennifer-doggett/ Jennifer Doggett is a Fellow at the Centre for Policy Development and a health policy analyst and consultant who has worked in a number of different areas of the health system, including the federal health department and the community sector, and as a political advisor on health policy. She currently works with health provider, industry and consumer groups on a range of health issues. She has a Masters in Public Health and a Graduate Diploma in Health Economics. Jennifer is the author of ‘A New Approach to Primary Care for Australia‘, published by the Centre for Policy Development in June 2007 and ‘Out of Pocket: Rethinking Health Copayments’ published by CPD in 2009. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:40 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-this-real-health-reform-or-more-of-the-same/ Kevin Rudd’s claim that the re-vamped COAG hospitals agreement constitutes ‘major national health reform’ is dubious at best. In fact, the ‘in principle’ COAG agreement abandons most of the central reform features of the Rudd blueprint. A crucial plank of the Rudd reforms was to give the Commonwealth a controlling share in hospital funding and thus majority funding responsibility for the entire health sector. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Jennifer Doggett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-this-real-health-reform-or-more-of-the-same/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/is-this-real-health-reform-or-more-of-the-same/#item5132 Tue, 15 Feb 2011 02:36:42 +0000 Jennifer Doggett | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-medicare-credit-card-could-solve-our-health-headache/ This is the second in a series of essays adapted from the Centre for Policy Development book, More Than Luck: Ideas Australia needs now. A Medicare credit card could make healthcare co-payments simpler and more affordable, writes Jennifer Doggett. If you’ve ever been sick – really sick - in this country, you know that paying your medical bills isn’t cheap. It’s also complex. Health insurance seldom covers the full cost of a procedure, so patients often leave hospital with a big bill waiting for them. Some of it can be claimed back on Medicare; some of it can’t. As well as being expensive, medical expenses are difficult to understand and a huge waste of time and effort. And all when you’re supposed to be resting and recuperating!  Our current system of health funding is failing. We spend more on health services every year and still many Australians miss out on the care they need. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Jennifer Doggett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-medicare-credit-card-could-solve-our-health-headache/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/a-medicare-credit-card-could-solve-our-health-headache/#item4854 Mon, 10 Jan 2011 19:40:40 +0000 Jennifer Doggett | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/our-health-is-at-risk-no-matter-who-wins/ Along with the ghosts of Labor leaders past, Julia Gillard now has to contend with ex-Labor supporter and ad-man John Singleton’s foray into the election campaign. Singleton’s agency Banjo has developed a series of advertisements attacking Labor’s health record on behalf of corporate medical outfit Primary Health Care. With all the good taste and subtlety we have come to expect from a Singleton campaign, the ads feature a woman dying of cervical cancer, allegedly because she could not afford to have a pap smear due to the Labor Government funding cuts for pathology services. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Jennifer Doggett) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/our-health-is-at-risk-no-matter-who-wins/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/our-health-is-at-risk-no-matter-who-wins/#item3833 Wed, 18 Aug 2010 19:40:45 +0000 Jennifer Doggett | Author bios | The Punch