Volume 173 Issue 1

In the beginning...

• Medibank, 25 years on: looking back, looking forward
  Martin B Van Der Weyden (MJA 2000; 173: 2)
• The alternative national health programme
  E G Whitlam (MJA 2000; 173: 3-4)

Looking back

• Milestones on the road to Medibank and Medicare
  Richard B Scotton (MJA 2000; 173: 5-8)
• Medibank: from conception to delivery and beyond
  Richard B Scotton (MJA 2000; 173: 9-11)
• Down a different path in Melbourne: how Medibank was conceived
  John Menadue (MJA 2000; 173: 12-14)

The struggle

• Medibank: looking back after 25 years
  Keith S Jones (MJA 2000; 173: 15-16)
• They can't say they weren't warned!
  George D Repin (MJA 2000; 173: 17-19)
• The Medibank campaign
  Lionel L Wilson (MJA 2000; 173: 20-21)
• Medibank and the Doctors Reform Society
  Alf Liebhold (MJA 2000; 173: 22-23)
• The battle to put Medibank in place
  Bill Hayden (MJA 2000; 173: 24-26)

Reflections

• Medibank and rural general practice
  Clyde Scaife (MJA 2000; 173: 27-28)
• Medibank remakes general practice
  George R Santoro (MJA 2000; 173: 29-30)
• Medibank and the decline of general practice
  Edward J Lines (MJA 2000; 173: 31-32)
• Medibank and the physician
  Alex K Cohen (MJA 2000; 173: 33-34)
• Medibank and Medicare: a case for surgery
  Brian P Morgan (MJA 2000; 173: 35-36)
• The impact of Medibank on surgical practice
  Robert D Marshall (MJA 2000; 173: 37-38)

Looking forward

• Increased capability, diminished possibility
  J Miles Little (MJA 2000; 173: 39-40)
• Medicare: options for the next 25 years
  Richard B Scotton (MJA 2000; 173: 41-43)
• Medicare's maturity: shaping the future from the past
  John S Deeble (MJA 2000; 173: 44-47)
• The future of Medicare and health service financing
  Stephen R Leeder and Ian A McAuley (MJA 2000; 173: 48-51)
• Medicare: diagnosis and prognosis
  Frances C Cunningham (MJA 2000; 173: 52-55)