Staff-led mutuals may be future of aged and disability care

08 December 2017

Sir Julian Le Grand, The Age

I have devoted the past 40 years to thinking and writing about public policy. I have been fortunate enough to advise governments, community organisations and – for several years – worked with British prime minister Tony Blair on health and social policy.

Throughout this period, how Australia grappled with, and often resolved, major social policy challenges has always been of interest. Not just to me, but to anyone working at the centre of the British government in Whitehall, the European Commission in Brussels, or any of the world’s major universities. Medicare and compulsory superannuation might not be perfect, but many experts consider them as two of the best examples of how to fund and administer a world-class public health system, and how to provide adequate income post-retirement.

Read full article, Staff-led mutuals may be future of aged and disability care, 7 December 2017, in The Age