Reform efforts can struggle because they focus on health systems at their strongest point rather than their weakest. Framing is a pernicious tool used to justify delays and denials. We argue that the uptake of GLP-1 therapies in the US is delivering remarkable results, and that we need to apply the lessons from that experience in Australia, challenging institutional narratives and reframing the public debate to focus on public health benefits.
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Reform efforts can struggle because they focus on health systems at their strongest point rather than their weakest. Framing is a pernicious tool used to justify delays and denials. We argue that the uptake of GLP-1 therapies in the US is delivering remarkable results, and that we need to apply the lessons from that experience in Australia, challenging institutional narratives and reframing the public debate to focus on public health benefits.
In a country as wealthy as Australia, how is it fair or equitable that some can pay for new treatments, while most are forced to wait, while the government uses a laborious multi-year process to negotiate the best deal for itself? We are forced to live with a system that regularly treats human health like a failing business. Are we worth saving? We also live with a system whose underpinning framework is often considered inviolable and virtually unimpeachable.
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Reform efforts can struggle because they focus on health systems at their strongest point rather than their weakest. Framing is a pernicious tool used to justify delays and denials. We argue that the uptake of GLP-1 therapies in the US is delivering remarkable results, and that we need to apply the lessons from that experience in Australia, challenging institutional narratives and reframing the public debate to focus on public health benefits.
