Recommendation 1

2.11  The committee recommends that the Australian Government publish without delay the red tape reduction reports for 2016 and 2017.

Recommendation 2

2.27     The committee recommends that the Department of Health investigate the merits of allowing private health funds to fund out-of-hospital care.

Recommendation 3

2.28    The committee recommends that the Australian Government review cost drivers for private health insurance, to identify and better manage their ongoing effect on the cost of private health insurance.

Recommendation 4

2.30  The committee recommends that the Australian Government consider ceasing regulation of the prostheses market, apart from maintaining standard consumer protection.

Recommendation 5

2.52    The committee recommends that the Australian Government, through the Council of Australian Governments, streamline the identifiers issued to healthcare practitioners for practice purposes.

Recommendation 6

2.60    The committee recommends that the Australian Government, through the Council of Australian Governments, develop a standard template and associated guidelines, including reasonable timeframes, to streamline ethics and governance approval processes for clinical trials across Australia.

Recommendation 7

2.67  The committee recommends that the Australian Government place licensing requirements for the supply, ownership and operation of diagnostic imaging equipment on the agenda for consideration by the Council of Australian Governments.

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