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Medibank calls for patient consent, fee disclosure
7 August 2017 - Medibank is calling on the Turnbull government to increase transparency in the health care system and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2017
Public scrutiny mooted for private hospitals
7 August 2017 - Private hospitals are set to come under the same scrutiny as public hospitals, and be required ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2017
Call to strip government subsidies from 'junk' health insurance
4 August 2017 - Consumer advocacy group CHOICE has called on the federal government to stop providing tax breaks and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Aug 2017
NIB’s Mark Fitzgibbon calls for ‘single payer’ in healthcare
3 August 2017 - Health insurer NIB has called on the Turnbull government to trial a “single payer” model for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Aug 2017
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
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 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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jul 2017
Choice says health insurance is too complex and stopping people from switching
14 July 2017 - Consumer group Choice is urging the government to simplify health insurance policies after it found nearly ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jul 2017
Medicare’s 45,000 daily hits under scrutiny
9 July 2017 - The federal government will launch a high-powered inquiry into Medicare security to review the way doctors ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2017
Health cover at ‘tipping point’
7 July 2017 - Medibank Private boss Craig Drummond has warned that the health insurance sector is at a “critical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2017
Private health insurers must do more to arrest rise in complaints, Senate told
5 July 2017 - Ombudsman director warns of ‘an increased level of frustration with affordability’ and calls on the industry to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jun 2017
Health funds say Lifetime Health Cover loading has lost desired effect over 17 years
22 June 2017 - The recent 4.8% hike in health insurance premiums stung all Australian policyholders, but spare a thought ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2017
NIB CEO Mark Fitzgibbon says reforms needed to halt health insurance premium hikes
15 June 2017 - Listed health insurer NIB wants to offer discounts to younger Australians who take up private health ...