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ROLE OF GOVERNMENT (FEDERAL (Funding (Public Hospitals, 30% Rebate (PHI),…
ROLE OF GOVERNMENT
FEDERAL
Funding
Public Hospitals
30% Rebate (PHI)
NHPAs
Administering Medicare
Advantages
Available to all Aus. citizens
Disadvantages
Waiting lists for many treatments
Funding
Surcharge
Levy
General taxation
Administration of PBS
Subsidised medication
Patients make co-payment
Provision of quarrantine
Protection of borders from the spread of disease
Regulatory Roles
Pharmaceutical goods
Food safety
Regulate PHI
STATE
Funding / managing public hospitals
Maternal & child health
Regulate ambulance services
Implement health cirriculum
LOCAL
Testing quality of water
Administering immunisations
Maintaining parks & recreational facilities
Removal / disposal of waste
PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE
Advantages
Choice of doctor
Shorter waiting periods
Disadvantages
Expensive
Qualify waiting periods
Incentives
30% Rebate
Income tested
Rebates
<65 = 30%
65 - 69 = 35%
70 = 40%
Lifetime Cover
Medicare Surcharge
Encourage high income earners to take out PHI
90k pay extra 1 - 1.5%