The John Hyde Archives
Historic archive of articles and newspaper columns written by former Australian politician John Hyde OAM.
Healthcare
Health Care
- Doctors and hospital bed must be rationed, and supply must be matched to demand by queuing.
Healthcare, Unions, Solidarity and Conflict
Industrial Relations Healthcare
- One characteristic of a protected industry is that few of the decision makers have to bear the consequence of their decisions.
- Another characteristic is that authority is used to set prices instead of demand and supply determining prices.
Hospitals
- The reform of healthcare insurance is difficult because people are afraid of big medical bills and a lack of knowledge about their options.
Anti-Competitive Behaviour in The Health-Care Industry
Protectionism Healthcare Competition Welfare
- Politicians must face the political problem posed by wealthy, high-risk users of Medicare who would be worse off should the system be made more competitive and fairer. Politicians cannot compensate all and will have to decide who cannot afford to lose Medicare benefits.
Civil Service Retirement
- To control costs, the government will be forced to increase wait times for medical treatment. The best treatment will either be for those that can pay for it or those that can pull strings.
Of Paddington Bear and Medicare
- By using the law without any overview to punish doctors for procedural errors that are hard to get correct, it causes the principle of certainty before the law.
About
John Hyde OAM is a former Australian politician. He was elected as the member for the Division of Moore in Western Australia for the Liberal Party.
John Hyde OAM is the author of Dry: In Defence of Economic Freedom.