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Podcast: Revolving Door Syndrome
Episode: #53 - Shamubeel Eaqub - Health Investment: Pay Now or Pay Later?
Description: One of the biggest challenges facing us in the 21st century is significant demographic change.We have an ageing population with people living much longer and with fewer children being born. This is resulting in a growing use of immigration to provide the economic activity to fund core public services like health, education and justice.Meanwhile growing income inequality is contributing to worse rates of preventable illness as health funding is diverted away from public health interventions that actually keep people healthy.It's time we take a much longer term view to the...