Why do we need government hospitals?
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Introduction
Through taxation spending, the Australian Government supports the public hospital system. Healthcare is one of the services that requires government intervention to ensure access for all Australians. In this activity, students work in groups to consider why we need public hospitals and predict what would happen to both the health system and tax spending if the government no longer funded the public hospital system.
Australian Curriculum or Syllabus
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Discussion
Why do we need government hospitals?
Explainer
Why do we need government hospitals?
Suggested activity sequence
This sequence is intended as a framework to be modified and adapted by teachers to suit the needs of a class group.
- As a class, read and discuss the information on the explainer.
- Use a grouping strategy to organise students into groups of 4.
- Give each group a set of talking cards.
- Groups complete the discussion.
- Groups share their responses with the class.
- Students write a quick response to the questions:
- Why do we need public hospitals?
- Is spending on public hospitals a good use of taxpayers’ money? Why?