‘There’s no way healthcare systems can survive without putting health policy at the centre of the debate.’ —Tony Blair

We are on the verge of a crisis in public health care.

 The single biggest risk to future budgets will be health costs. Unless health care can be made affordable, future generations simply won't be able to fund the escalating cost of public health.  Spending on health has doubled over the last 10 years and the NSW Auditor General predicts that health spending will consume the entire NSW budget by 2033.

 As the Committee for Economic Development of Australia put it: "Reforms are necessary if Australia is to maintain universal access to the best possible healthcare in the future."

 This is not a problem we face alone; the health systems of all western countries face similar existential financial challenges. This special TARGET30 forum will feature a pre-eminent health expert from America discussing what we can do to save our safety net.

 Dr John Goodman and Dr Jean Drouin will discuss the experiences of reform in America and propose practical policy solutions that Australian governments should implement to 'bend the cost curve down' and prevent health from bankrupting us all.

CIS Research Fellow Dr Jeremy Sammut will provide expert commentary and discuss the views shared in his recent paper: Saving Medicare but NOT as we know it.

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Dr John C. Goodman is President and CEO of the National Center for Policy Analysis in Texas and author of Priceless: Curing the Healthcare Crisis and the best-selling Patient Power: Solving America's Health Care Crisis. He is widely known as the "Father of Health Savings Accounts" and is a regular commentator on Fox News and CNN and a frequent contributor to publications such as The Wall Street Journal.

Dr Jean Drouin is a Director at McKinsey & Company in London and leader of McKinsey's Health Systems Institute which works with healthcare organizations to improve strategy, performance and sustainability. Jean has served governments, mayors, hospitals, and international institutions in more than 15 countries. His client service spans policy, system structure, regulation, strategy, organization, productivity, and quality improvement. Jean holds medical and business degrees from Stanford University and a degree in molecular biology from Princeton University.

DUE TO UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES WE REGRET TO ADVISE THAT THIS EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

WE APOLOGISE FOR THE DISAPPOINTMENT AND INCONVENIENCE CAUSED AND WILL BE REFUNDING TICKET SALES IN DUE COURSE.

PUBLIC HEALTH FUNDING REMAINS A PRESSING ISSUE AND WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO READ THE WORK OF CIS SCHOLAR DR JEREMY SAMMUT ON THIS SUBJECT. HIS PAPER, SAVING MEDICARE BUT NOT AS WE KNOW IT, IS AVAILABLE VIA THE PUBLICATIONS SECTION OF THIS WEBSITE.

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