The 'Dispatched' Podcast

Another order on pharmaceutical pricing, but what does it mean? What does the Government's productivity roundtable have in common with the HTA Review? Screening programs that aren't, and a co-payment ...

1 Aug 202542min

A sense of entitlement that needs to be questioned, Australia is on the list of nine countries to be targeted over pharmaceutical pricing, and the hopeless hypocrisy of allowing a group of disreputabl...

27 Jul 202531min

The opportunity for Australia is to do less deflecting on healthcare affordability and engage in an honest discussion about the genuine challenges confronting many Australians. The debate does not jus...

17 Jul 202550min

The ongoing debate regarding the US, the Trump administration's potential tariffs on pharmaceuticals and the PBS is mainly characterised by falsehoods and errors. We discuss our incredible frustration...

10 Jul 202537min

We have more health commissioners, including for genomics, and we both hope for a more meaningful discussion on weight loss therapies, the opportunities, access barriers, and their system-changing imp...

4 Jul 20251h

The health department has released its incoming ministerial brief to the reappointed Mark Butler, revealing internal government discussions over the future funding of new PBS listings, and hinting at ...

27 Jun 202548min

In a country as wealthy as Australia, how is it fair or equitable that some can pay for new treatments, while most are forced to wait, while the government uses a laborious multi-year process to negot...

23 Jun 202547min

Adding disability to health in an already full ministerial bandwidth and funding challenges. Trade policy and the PBS, and a presentation on the human consequences of our decision-making. Can a target...

6 Jun 202544min