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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 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 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 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 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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2024
Private health insurance premiums rise less than wages, pensions and inflation
5 March 2024 - The Australian Government has ensured Australians get value for money from their private health insurance, with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2024
At 40, Medicare’s a marvel but it’s time for a health check
30 January 2024 - Big birthdays are a moment for reflection. And at 40, many of us need a check-up to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2023
Why you cannot win with private health insurance, thanks to a 50 year old quirk
1 September 2023 - In a dimly lit room, a masseur performs an incantation in a baritone voice, slapping fish ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 May 2023
Insurers call for reform to allow hospital in the home for patients
31 May 2023 - Private insurers are calling for structural reform of the health system to enable more patients to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Feb 2023
Annual private health insurance premium rise
6 February 2023 - The Australian Government is ensuring Australians get value for money from their private health insurance as the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jan 2023
Private insurance can contribute to a healthier system
24 January 2023 - Given what many describe as a crisis in primary care, it’s well past time to revisit the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Jan 2023
Calls to allow private health insurance to cover fee gaps
24 January 2023 - Health funds are pushing to be able to cover doctors’ gap fees as part of national ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2022
Health insurance premiums are heading higher but by how much?
6 August 2022 - Australians are expected to pay significantly more for health insurance but talk of a double digit premium ...