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Medical devices pushing private health expenses
19 November 2019 - Reforms to the cost of medical devices have failed to deliver a promised $250m in savings ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2019
Health funds pressure Canberra over $700 million medical devices 'failure'
14 November 2019 - Australia's health insurers are putting pressure on the federal government to overhaul how much they pay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2019
'Remove rugs from aged care' to reduce health insurance costs, report says
22 August 2019 - The medical devices industry is pushing back against further reforms to lower the cost of hip ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2017
'Impossible' to shop around: patients struggling to get information about costs from surgeons
11 December 2017 - Consumers are often told to "shop around" to save money, but for privately insured patients, calculating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2017
Medical device industry signs historic agreement to reduce health funds premiums
12 October 2017 - The Medical Technology Association of Australia has signed a four-year Agreement with the Federal Government which ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2017
Private health insurance industry must pass on savings
13 October 2017 - Today the Medical Technology Association of Australia calls on the Private Health Insurance to deliver to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2017
Cancers and other illnesses are going undetected because patients can’t afford $100 bill for scans
6 July 2017 - Illnesses like cancer are going undetected in 300,000 Australians because they can’t afford the scans to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2017
Private patients pay $729 million more for medical implants
27 April 2017 - Private hospital patients were charged almost $730 million more than those in public hospitals for implantable ...