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Getting rid of junk health insurance policies is just tinkering at the margins of a much bigger issue

  • Written by: Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
imageDissatisfaction with private health insurance policies is growing.from shutterstock.com

In media interviews and his speech at the National Press Club this week, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) president, Michael Gannon, has spoken out against “junk” health-insurance policies. He said these are “worth nothing more than the...

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The off-topic Conversation #133

  • Written by: Molly Glassey, Audience Development Manager, The Conversation

Welcome to The Conversation’s off-topic space. We’ve set this up as the place where you can discuss anything that isn’t related to a specific article. Please feel free to use this space to get to know each other and talk about news elsewhere and whatever else strikes your fancy.

This is also an opportunity to discuss broader...

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Speaking with: John Gerrard on preventing infectious diseases

  • Written by: William Isdale, Research Assistant, Melbourne Law School, University of Melbourne
imageJohn Gerrard says a developed city like Sydney could not cope with an epidemic of the scale of the recent Ebola outbreak.UNMEER/Martine Perret/Flickr, CC BY-ND

The Spanish Flu of 1918 is estimated to have infected around 500 million, and killed between 20 and 40 million, people around the world - all within the space of a year. It is perhaps the...

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Australians can be denied life insurance based on genetic test results, and there is little protection

  • Written by: Jane Tiller, Ethical, Legal & Social Adviser - Public Health Genomics, Monash University
imageAustralia has a lack of regulation to prevent discrimination by life insurance companies based on genetic test results.from shutterstock.com

A parliamentary inquiry is currently underway into Australia’s life insurance industry, which has raised several issues including discrimination by insurers against people with mental health problems. In...

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