While it wasn’t his idea, Medicare helped make the mythos of Bob Hawke
- Written by Mark Kenny, Professor, Australian Studies Institute, Australian National University
It was the big-picture reform that defined the Labor prime minister Bob Hawke and infuriated his opponents with its radical promise of a fairer, healthier society.
Medicare, Australia’s taxpayer-funded system of universal health insurance, established in 1984, has long presented as a paradox. It’s a political winner and a political...
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