Vale Dr Bruce Shepherd AM
Our friend, colleague and leader Dr Bruce Shepherd AM passed away at 7:30 this morning in Bowral, NSW. Dr Bruce Shepherd AM was the founder of The Australian Doctors’ Fund (now Australian Doctors’ Federation), which, since its inception in 1990, has worked...
$100 billion in Cuts to Healthcare Need to be Explained
$100 billion in Cuts to Healthcare Need to be Explained “Claims by the private health fund lobby group Private Healthcare Australia, that “there is an opportunity to reduce Australia’s healthcare costs by $100 billion over a ten-year period, while at the same...
Four PhD’s and an MA Find No Purpose for Revalidation
Four PhD’s and an MA find no purpose for revalidation “Revalidation is a ‘bureaucratic process in search of a purpose’ and there is no compelling case or evidence to justify its introduction, spokesman for the Australian Doctors’ Fund (ADF)”, Dr Aniello Iannuzzi... John Harrison AM: ADF Supports Self-Managed Health Funds
Dear Editor The Australian Doctors’ Fund strongly supports any move that would allow for the creation of Self-Managed Health Funds/Health Savings Accounts as an option for meeting future health care costs (Health providers want to cut out insurance funds AFR 10 Oct)....