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Lesley Russell

Lesley Russell is an Adjunct Associate Professor at the University of Sydney’s Leeder Centre for Health Policy, Economics and Data. She was the inaugural Menzies Foundation Fellow at the Menzies Centre for Health Policy and, prior to that, a health policy adviser to the federal Labor Party. She worked for seven years as health policy adviser on the Energy and Commerce Committee in the US House of Representatives and was a Senior Policy Adviser to the US Surgeon-General during the Obama Administration.

International Lesley Russell 18 September 2017 Neither Bernie Sanders’s scheme nor its Republican counterpart has any chance of being adopted, but they make the battle lines clear
National affairs Lesley Russell 31 August 2017 White coat or no white coat? It matters more than you might think National affairs Lesley Russell 28 July 2017 Surgery grips the imagination, but most of the vital healthcare work goes on elsewhere International Lesley Russell 2 July 2017 Lacking popular support or the endorsement of even a single state, the push for the Republican healthcare bill seems detached from reality National affairs Lesley Russell 6 June 2017 Despite the government’s resolve to defuse Labor’s Medicare attacks, the federal budget isn’t looking so generous under scrutiny
National affairs Lesley Russell 8 May 2017 Hospitalisation can take a heavy toll on patients, but there are ways of reducing its impact
International Lesley Russell 23 March 2017 With new afterword | Surprise in Congress: healthcare reform is complicated and politically fraught National affairs Lesley Russell 21 March 2017 A promising federal government homelessness strategy dissipated for lack of funding and political will National affairs Lesley Russell 1 March 2017 The federal government’s plan for “stepped care” needs fine-tuning National affairs Lesley Russell 23 January 2017 A strong minister will look beyond doctors and hospitals to improve Australians’ health
International Lesley Russell 9 January 2017 As Republicans splinter and the real world intrudes, abolishing Obamacare is looking more difficult by the day
International Lesley Russell 9 November 2016 With the election of Donald Trump, the world has entered uncharted waters International Lesley Russell 2 November 2016 Most Americans might want the presidential election campaign to be over, but the surprises continue International Lesley Russell 8 September 2016 What made Trump run? Lesley Russell looks at what the conspiracy theorists are saying International Lesley Russell 19 August 2016 The Republican Party has been trumped by a candidate who doesn’t understand the American electorate, writes Lesley Russell
National affairs Lesley Russell 5 August 2016 More consultation, more investment and a wider view of healthcare needs – these are the necessary elements of an innovative scheme that could transform patient care, writes…
National affairs Lesley Russell 28 June 2016 To understand what’s at stake, we need to recall how successive governments have treated the scheme, argues Lesley Russell International Lesley Russell 30 May 2016 Hillary Clinton was always going to face different challenges and different treatment, writes Lesley Russell International Lesley Russell 20 April 2016 Discriminatory rules, long queues, gerrymandered boundaries: the decentralised US election machinery doesn’t serve voters well International Lesley Russell 24 March 2016 Although attention is focused on the nail-biting presidential primaries, other elections are looming in November. Lesley Russell surveys the emerging field
International Lesley Russell 10 March 2016 Both the major US parties are in the midst of atypical campaigns, writes Lesley Russell. But as vital primaries approach, the Republicans still haven’t responded…
International Lesley Russell 12 February 2016 Wishful thinking and conventional wisdom ran up against reality this week, writes Lesley Russell. The Clinton campaign and mainstream Republicans need to rethink their strategies International Lesley Russell 25 January 2016 Aspiring party nominees face a reality check once primaries get under way at the beginning of February, writes Lesley Russell. In the spotlight will be a rising sense of… International Lesley Russell 28 November 2015 Will the next six months determine the viability of the Republican Party? Lesley Russell surveys a bleak landscape National affairs Lesley Russell 13 November 2015 Nervousness about the end point of the federal government’s review of private health insurance is entirely justified, writes Lesley Russell
International Lesley Russell 3 September 2015 Out-of-touch Republicans are propelling Donald Trump towards the presidential nomination, argues Lesley Russell
International Lesley Russell 29 June 2015 The US Supreme Court annoyed conservatives twice last week, fuelling an even more divisive presidential race, writes Lesley Russell International Lesley Russell 7 May 2015 The Republicans are entering a toxic period of jostling for the presidential nomination, writes Lesley Russell. Meanwhile, Hillary Clinton faces no real challenger International Lesley Russell 7 November 2014 Low turnout means that the midterm elections offer no mandate to the Republicans, writes Lesley Russell. But there are clear messages for both parties in the results Books & arts Lesley Russell 6 November 2014 Adam Reich vividly describes the way different kinds of hospitals work in the United States, writes Lesley Russell. But what happened to the patients?