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PBS medicines to cost Aussies more from today; safety net thresholds also increase
1 January 2024 - Sick Australians who need PBS prescription medicines will be coughing up more from today. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Dec 2021
Report on the collection of under co-payment data 2020-21
24 December 2021 - The report on the collection of under co-payment data 2020-21 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Dec 2020
Report on the collection of under co-payment data 2019-20
18 December 2020 - The report on the collection of under co-payment data 2019-20 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2020
Copayment incentive increased medication use and reduced spending among indigenous Australians after 2010
3 February 2020 - Australian health policy has prioritised efforts to close the ten-year life expectancy gap between indigenous and non-indigenous ...
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 15 Apr 2019
'Missing out on basic health care': Australians spend $34 billion a year on out-of-pocket health costs
15 April 2019 - Australians are paying more for health care than most other developed nations, forking out $34 billion ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2019
Both sides bank on patient power
10 April 2019 - Behind all the political point scoring, there is bipartisan acknowledgment that something should be done about ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2019
Vulnerable and shocked: patients targeted by hospital revenue push
11 March 2019 - A new mum hours out of surgery and suffering from blood loss was badgered by the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2018
Health insurance funds to help government sell premium hikes
6 September 2018 - Health funds will provide an unprecedented level of detail with their applications to raise premiums next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2018
Australian millennials are sick of paying for baby boomers' health care
5 September 2018 - Young people are quitting private health insurance in droves. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2018
Patient charges for PBS prescriptions: example calculations
4 September 2018 - Example calculations of patient charges for PBS prescriptions are now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2018
Patients being bled by specialists as out-of-pocket costs surge
30 August 2018 - Health insurance giant Medibank has warned that one in eight of its customers is being forced ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2018
Life-changing drug Spinraza for spinal muscular atrophy patients costing adults at least $500,000
29 August 2018 - In a small lounge in Essendon, with his parents by his side, Chris Kessaris sat in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Aug 2018
Bupa blunder: health insurer pays price for restricting hospital options
27 August 2018 - The biggest health insurer in Australia, Bupa, has admitted the controversial changes it made to paying ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
High and random medical gap costs revealed
16 August 2018 - The random scale and nature of out of pocket fees charged by medical specialists revealed in ...