Australian Greens Have a Smart Health Prevention Plan
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The PHAA remains concerned that there is too little focus by major political parties on preventing the enormous and anticipated wave of chronic disease that is hitting communities.
"It makes social and economic sense to keep people well throughout their lives rather than only treat illness when Australians get sick," said
"The Greens recognise we must, as a nation, address the alarming rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease; chronic illnesses that will cost us a lot in the long term."
The party's policy released in
The Greens are promising an independent
The PHAA's election appeal is the Commonwealth spend at least 5% of the total national health spend investing in illness prevention.
"Currently less than 2% of health spending is for public and preventive health,"
"All we are after is a commitment of investing one in every
"It seems every major health policy entity in this country can see the logic in and need for prevention. Yet public policy and resource investment is failing to meet that challenge."
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