The cost of health care is spiralling out of control under Malcolm Turnbull, with a new report completely demolishing the Government’s claims around Medicare bulk billing rates and out-of-pocket costs. After four years of the Abbott-Turnbull Medicare freeze, the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare report has finally laid bare the full extent of the

The Senate has agreed to Labor’s proposal to subject Malcolm Turnbull’s My Health Record fiasco to a comprehensive inquiry amid significant ongoing privacy and security concerns. We remain deeply concerned that the Government’s bungled rollout of the My Health Record opt-out period has severely undermined public trust in this important reform. That’s why we proposed

CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT JENNY MCALLISTER SENATOR FOR NEW SOUTH WALES CHAIR, SENATE FINANCE AND PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION REFERENCES COMMITTEE LABOR TO LEAD SENATE INQUIRY INTO MY HEALTH RECORD Labor will lead a comprehensive Senate inquiry into Malcolm Turnbull’s My Health Record fiasco amid ongoing privacy and security

THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT E&OE TRANSCRIPT DOORSTOP MELBOURNE WEDNESDAY, 1 AUGUST 2018 SUBJECT/S: The Turnbull Government’s botched rollout of the My Health Record. Catherine King, Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare: Thanks everybody – I’m Catherine King, the Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare and

THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT GOVERNMENT’S MY HEALTH BACKDOWN DOESN’T GO FAR ENOUGH The Turnbull Government’s response to the My Health Record fiasco is completely inadequate and will do little to allay community fears about privacy and security. Greg Hunt has completely bungled the My Health

THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT   THE HON JULIE COLLINS MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR AGEING AND MENTAL HEALTH MEMBER FOR FRANKLIN   FEDERAL LABOR RENEWS CALL FOR IMPROVED ABORTION ACCESS IN TASMANIA   It is simply not good enough that Tasmanian women are still being forced

THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT JOANNE RYAN MEMBER FOR LALOR LABOR TO DELIVER LIFE-SAVING MEDICAL SCANS FOR MELBOURNE’S WEST The people of Melbourne’s western suburbs will benefit from affordable access to life-saving medical scans under a Shorten Labor Government. Labor will deliver a new Medicare-subsidised MRI

It has only been a little over two years since the last federal election, in which health policy was a key battleground. This weekend voters in five electorates will go back to the polls in what the media has dubbed the Super Saturday by-elections – and again, health policy has been a big focus in

THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE FEDERAL MEMBER FOR BALLARAT TURNBULL MUST EXTEND MY HEALTH RECORD OPT-OUT PERIOD Labor is calling on the Government to extend the three-month opt-out period to give every Australian enough time to make an informed choice about their own records. The Government must also launch a

THE HON CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT JUSTINE KEAY LABOR CANDIDATE FOR BRADDON TASMANIA’S NORTH WEST TO BENEFIT FROM LABOR’S ELECTIVE SURGERY PLAN Hundreds of people in Tasmania’s North West will get the elective surgery they need under Labor’s $30 million plan to slash waiting lists across the