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Private health cover forecast to become more unaffordable as insurers, doctors point finger
1 August 2017 - Do you have private health insurance? Are you considering cancelling or downgrading it because you can't ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2017
Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits - 1 August 2017
1 August 2017 - The August 2017 issue of the Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits is out and now in effect. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2017
Bupa’s call to scrap approval process for health cover premiums
29 July 2017 - Health insurance giant Bupa has called on the government to remove the need for ministerial approval ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Jul 2017
Private health insurance tipped to be ‘a luxury’ for one in five
31 July 2017 - Private health insurance is on track to become unaffordable for one in five policyholders, the peak ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jul 2017
Miracle Opdivo cancer drug that saved Jarryd Roughead’s life discounted for patients
30 July 2017 - The miracle drug that saved Hawthorn star Jarryd Roughead’s life will be made available at a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jul 2017
New drug to help over 200,000 Australians
28 July 2017 - The Australian Government has taken another significant step to eliminate hepatitis C from Australia by subsidising a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2017
'We have been waiting for this moment for so long': hepatitis C patients have access to cure with Epclusa PBS listing
28 July 2017 - More than 200,000 Australians with hepatitis C will soon be able to afford a new, highly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Jul 2017
Post-market review of pulmonary arterial hypertension medicines – public consultation process
26 July 2017 - The public consultation process on the post-market review of the pulmonary arterial hypertension medicines has now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2017
The Tasmanian hepatitis C buyers’ club
25 July 2017 - In 2014, when Greg Jefferys’s urine started smelling like dead meat, he knew there was something ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jul 2017
PBAC to conduct stakeholder forum on the post-market review of the use of biologics in the treatment of severe chronic plaque psoriasis
25 July 2017 - A stakeholder forum will be held for the post-market review of the use of biologics in the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Jul 2017
Government moves to legislate to increase generic and biosimilar medicine uptake and cut medicine prices
24 July 2017 - Australia has long lagged behind the USA and UK in its use of generic pharmaceuticals – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2017
Financial stress impacting cancer survivors
21 July 2017 - Half of all Australian cancer patients experience financial stress and money problems often impacts their treatment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jul 2017
Private health insurance fix hurdle
19 July 2017 - The reform committee set up by the Turnbull government to fix private health insurance has found ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jul 2017
Unhealthy diagnosis for Medibank as young baulk at insurance
18 July 2017 - Medibank Private’s share price has had a choppy run in the past few months and the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jul 2017
Second-best in the world no guarantee of an equitable health care system
16 July 2017 - Britain has narrowly edged out Australia's health care system to take the coveted top spot in ...