title: Medicare. We can't afford to lose it.
abstract: With the promise of a federal election in the wind and the commonwealth and states battling about the amount of money required for adequate health care, it is timely to examine our health system, the politics, the policies on which it is based and the values which underpin it.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Gleeson
mesh_terms: D001315:Australia; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000458:organization & administration*; D018166:Health Care Reform / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D009313:National Health Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D011057:Politics