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Surgeons face sanction for imposing severe financial pain
4 June 2019 - Australia’s Chief Medical Officer, Brendan Murphy, will investigate whether doctors who charge unnecessarily high fees that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2019
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 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
Health premium increases ‘must fall’: Greg Hunt
28 May 2019 - Greg Hunt wants insurers to slash premium increases next year — even if the government has ...
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 04 May 2019
Health funds want to raise a tax penalty to force you to buy their products
4 May 2019 - A $900 plus tax penalty to force the rich to buy private health insurance is now ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2019
Labor will not rule out scrapping $6 billion health insurance rebate
2 May 2019 - Labor health spokeswoman Catherine King has refused to rule out scrapping $6 billion-a-year worth of health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 May 2019
Coalition promises cheaper medicines
2 May 2019 - The Coalition has promised more support for Australians with ongoing medicine needs, vowing to lower safety ...
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 27 Mar 2019
Millions of Australians plan to switch or downgrade health insurance ahead of April price hike
27 March 2019 - Millions of Australians with private health insurance plan to switch to a cheaper policy or reduce ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Mar 2019
Private health insurance costs the biggest household spending concern, survey finds
19 March 2019 - Private health insurance costs have overtaken electricity bills as the biggest household spending worry, according to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Mar 2019
What 1 April 2019 private health insurance changes mean for you
17 March 2019 - When the calendar flips to April 1 this year, many private health insurance customers will need ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Mar 2019
'Have you got insurance?': the US style question finding its way to Australian hospitals
16 March 2019 - “Have you got insurance?” It is the first question faced by any patient walking into a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
Address health care costs not just insurance, says Medibank
28 February 2019 - Medibank Private has told federal Labor it should focus on industry-wide health care cost "drivers" and ...