It's a 'swear jar' episode we discuss the obsession with health technology assessment, why it is used to guide what is just price negotiation, meaning it takes too long, how decision-makers subordinate patient needs to this negotiation, what the future could look like and how it might get even...

Budget Estimates and officials acknowledge the slow uptake of 60-day prescriptions. The 'professionally edited' HTA review final report is with the minister, more evidence of the need to watch the diabetes tender and the need for action to ensure the legitimacy of Australia's new National...