Welcome to The PDA website
Welcome to the Home Page of Private Doctors of Australia and to the world of medical politics. Private Doctors of Australia Ltd (PDA) is the only free market medical organization in Australia. Established in 1968 as the General Practitioners' Society in Australia (GPSA), PDA has been the only medical body to consistently oppose the involvement of government in the practice of medicine. PDA is not aligned with any political party and receives no financial assistance either from government or from any political party.
This site has recently been re-vamped to provide for the real-time posting of comments and articles on current problems in health care delivery. Some of this content will ultimately be archived to join the large number of articles previously published in the now discontinued Australian Private Doctor. In some instances the sum of the primary article or letter and the associated comments will form the basis of submissions made by PDA to regulatory authorities.
Latest Blog Entries
Robbing Peter to Pay Paul
The Federal Government’s massive hand-outs aimed at stimulating the economy merely transfer spending decisions from taxpayers to government.
Posted 25/04/2009
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Breaking Down the Medical Monopoly.
Attempts to water down the medical monopoly on the provision of health care have been argued purely on the basis of the effects that this may or may not have on the quality of care.
Posted 07/02/2009
Divisions of General Practice.
Many of those who rush to defend the role of Divisions of General Practice totally misunderstand the basis on which their presence is opposed.
Posted 06/02/2009
Fundholding.
The AMA’s opposition to fundholding is based on recognition of the unfavorable accompaniments of fundholding schemes in the U.S. but it fails to acknowledge the reason why these accompaniments necessarily arise.
Posted 06/02/2009
Generic Medicines.
The active promotion of generics threatens the incentives to produce new, innovative drugs.
Posted 06/02/2009
Both members and non-members are invited to submit comments on articles and letters posted on this site. However, only members will be permitted to post articles or letters. All contributions will be vetted before posting.