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RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2025
We stand to lose billions in blockbuster drug patent challenge
27 February 2025 - One of the reasons rare earths brought Presidents Trump and Zelinsky together is the looming boom ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2025
Value for private health insurance
26 February 2025 - The Australian Government has ensured Australians get value for money from their private health insurance. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2025
We could be paying too much for knee and hip replacements
18 February 2025 - As more baby boomers have their joints replaced and the population struggles with obesity, we need to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2025
Bupa and Healthscope end battle over hospital payments, meaning no gap fees for stays
31 January 2025 - Millions of Bupa customers will avoid incurring gap fees for stays at Healthscope hospitals after the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2025
Peter’s prostate cancer diagnosis came as a shock. Now, he wants to protect his kids.
14 January 2025 - Peter had no symptoms when he was diagnosed with prostate cancer. Now, he’d like to see an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Dec 2024
Labor leaves genetics loophole for life insurers
21 December 2024 - One of the last barriers to widespread genetic testing — discrimination against obtaining life insurance — ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Dec 2024
MSAC publishes agenda for April 2025 MSAC meeting
27 November 2024 - - The MSAC Secretariat has published a list of applications scheduled to be considered by the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2024
Insurer greed to inflict more financial pain on patients
22 November 2024 - Following Bupa and the Australian Health Services Alliance (AHSA)’s refusal to acknowledge the viability crisis impacting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Nov 2024
Establishing Genomics Australia
15 November 2024 - The Albanese Government is establishing a new national body to provide leadership, coordination and expertise so ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Nov 2024
Different models, same results: considerations when choosing between approaches to model cost effectiveness of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy versus standard of care
7 September 2024 - Chimeric antigen-receptor T-cell therapy (CAR-T) is characterised by early phase data at the time of registration, high ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2024
Funding battle over a critical medicine is the latest front in private health war
29 October 2024 - Private hospital groups are warning that patients will increasingly be slugged with out of pocket costs as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2024
Healthscope to slug Bupa patients $100 for overnight hospital stays
29 October 2024 - Healthscope will charge customers of Bupa and Australian Health Service Alliance funds a $100 gap fee ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2024
MSAC publishes agenda for November 2024 MSAC meeting
31 July 2024 - The MSAC Secretariat has published a list of applications scheduled to be considered by the MSAC ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2024
St Vincent’s splits with insurer NIB amid private hospitals ‘crisis’
4 July 2024 - Australia’s largest non-profit hospital operator says Labor is yet to fully grapple with a crisis facing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2024
Private health sector on life support as patients’ care delayed
21 June 2024 - The health insurance industry is facing the growing prospect of unprecedented government intervention in its contracting ...