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Charlie Teo: celebrity surgeon’s prices ‘challenged by insurers’
30 May 2019 - The prices charged by brain surgeon Charlie Teo have been challenged by insurers and Medicare in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2019
Charlie Teo: brain surgeon defends six-figure op costs
29 May 2019 - Brain surgeon Charlie Teo has told a television host to get her facts straight after he ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 May 2019
Terminal brain cancer patient shares painful health insurance lesson, as more Aussies ditch cover
28 May 2019 - When doctors discovered a tumour bigger than a golf ball in the middle of Nick Stephens’ ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 May 2019
Charlie Teo: cancer specialist questions $120k bills for surgeon-of-choice
28 May 2019 - A prominent Sydney cancer specialist has questioned the “really disturbing” trend of people fundraising tens of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 May 2019
Australians want cheaper medicines quicker
20 May 2019 - Just last week, an 18-year-old woman with a rare cancer was staring down the barrel of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2019
Health technology assessment challenges in oncology: 20 years of Value in Health
16 May 2019 - Oncology treatments have changed from chemotherapies to targeted therapies and more recently immuno-oncology. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2019
Speed up cancer funding, ALP told
11 May 2019 - The head of Australian drug company Specialised Therapeutics, Carlo Montagner, has warned that Bill Shorten’s cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 May 2019
Cancer specialists ‘won’t increase’ fees under Labor plan
9 May 2019 - Australia’s cancer doctors have rejected Scott Morrison’s claims they will charge patients higher fees under Labor’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2019
Why cancer treatment will always have out-of-pocket costs
1 May 2019 - Even the most diligent and persistent patients will find it difficult to go in and out of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2019
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 May 2019 update
1 May 2019 - The May 2019 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
Free blood tests: Labor raises health pressure
16 April 2019 - Bill Shorten will promise to fund $200 million worth of free blood tests for cancer patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
Future in cancer treatment arrives for Australian children and young adults battling leukaemia
15 April 2019 - Hon Greg Hunt MP Minister for Health today announces availability of novel life-saving cancer treatment CAR-T ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2019
How much does it cost to have cancer?
14 April 2019 - Out-of-pocket costs are brutal sucker punches for cancer patients. Where do the costs come from? How steep ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2019
ALP cancer plan ‘divisive, inequitable’
11 April 2019 - Labor’s decision to prioritise fee relief for cancer patients is a departure from its previous policies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2019
Cancer doctors: Labor plan won’t cure system
9 April 2019 - Bill Shorten’s $2.3 billion cancer treatment plan will fail to deliver his promise of eliminating significant ...