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Health funds call for urgent reform after government caps price hikes
9 December 2019 - Health funds strong-armed by the government into rising their membership fees by the lowest annual rate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
Medibank warns of health insurance crisis
9 December 2019 - One of the nation’s biggest health insurers has appealed for governments and healthcare providers to work ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2019
Insurer NIB wants access to members’ genetic information
6 December 2019 - Health insurer NIB wants to use genetic information and My Health Record data to calculate the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2019
Government announces lowest health insurance premium increase in 19 years
7 December 2019 - The federal government has announced the lowest increase in private health insurance premiums in two decades, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2019
B.C. wants federal health funding lift before national pharmacare program
3 December 2019 - B.C. wants more money from Ottawa for health care before a national pharmacare program is created, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2019
Pharmacy benefits manager Abarca inks discount deal for Amgen's Enbrel
4 December 2019 - Abarca, a small Puerto Rico-based pharmacy benefits manager, said on Tuesday Amgen had agreed to give ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2019
Doctors call for shake-up of private health insurance rules
4 December 2019 - Doctors are calling for a boost to the government rebate for health insurance to make it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2019
Radical plan to overhaul private health insurance put forward by Grattan Institute
4 December 2019 - Tracy Lee Jurg has had private health insurance her entire life. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Dec 2019
Premiers want Ottawa to allow opt out for proposed Pharmacare plan
2 December 2019 - Canada's premiers say they want the federal government to increase health-care transfer funds by just over ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2019
Private health system in a 'death spiral', says expert, but what can be done to save it?
30 November 2019 - George Savvides, who ran Medibank for 14 years until 2016, describes the exodus of young people ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2019
Policy makers are taking the wrong approach to health care reform
29 November 2019 - Here’s what good health care looks like: it emphasises prevention, is accessible and affordable, and puts ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2019
Well, well, well - here's a way to make health insurance affordable
27 November 2019 - While we’re all having a private health insurance pile-on, it’s time Australia looked at its extraordinary health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2019
'Hospital-in-the-home revolution': Hunt's plan to shake up private health insurance
26 November 2019 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has outlined his plan for a major shake-up of rules governing private ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2019
Health insurers hit back after minister rejects premium rise
24 November 2019 - Health insurers are appealing to federal Health Minister Greg Hunt to fast-track reforms aimed at helping ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Nov 2019
Pricing tactics slow uptake of generic drugs by Medicare plans
21 November 2019 - Study finds new copycat medicines take years to win coverage. ...