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It’s time for Canada to embrace universal pharmacare and protect drug coverage from corporate erosion
28 October 2019 - President Trump recently unveiled an executive order — originally titled “Protecting Medicare from Socialist Destruction” — ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
Canadian election clears path for universal drug plan
23 October 2019 - Canada’s Liberal government is more likely to pass a universal prescription drug plan after losing its majority ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
Private health insurers say cost of medical devices putting pressure on premiums
23 October 2019 - After the lowest annual increases in 18 years, relief appears to have been short-lived. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
Premiums for HealthCare.gov plans are down 4% but remain unaffordable to non-subsidised consumers
22 October 2019 - Administration’s actions bring increased issuer participation, competition and greater choice to the Federal Health Insurance Exchanges ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
Premiums for ACA health plans are set to drop in 2020
22 October 2019 - Health law shows further signs of stabilising, complicating the political cases for and against it. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2019
Which health care promises will the Liberals realistically be able to keep?
22 October 2019 - The Liberals have a number of significant health care-related campaign promises to live up to as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2019
Microsoft, Humana partner to ‘reimagine’ health care for ageing boomers
21 October 2019 - Microsoft and Humana are partnering in an effort to improve health outcomes of the health insurer’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2019
Health insurance premiums to rise after government deal fails to reduce costs
23 October 2019 - Australians with private health insurance will face hefty premium increases next year - likely to be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2019
Medibank to be first health insurer to make potential out-of-pocket costs publicly available
22 October 2019 - Health experts say it’s a positive move in the right direction but more information is needed. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2019
Voters beware: national pharmacare is unnecessary, bad for privately insured Canadians and costly for taxpayers
18 October 2019 - Research has shown it would be less disruptive and less expensive to just fill the gaps caused ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2019
Study: ‘Medicare for All’ not only way to universal coverage
16 October 2019 - Health care memo to Democrats: There’s more than one way to get to coverage for all. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2019
Election 2019: unprecedented hope for universal pharmacare
15 October 2019 - Pharmacare continues to be the most salient unfinished business of Canada’s public health care system since Medicare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2019
In contrast to Australia’s success with hepatitis C, our response to hepatitis B is lagging
15 October 2019 - Around one-third of Australians living with hepatitis C have been cured in the last four years. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Oct 2019
Democrats push Elizabeth Warren for plan to pay for Medicare for all
13 October 2019 - Bernie Sanders says he would increase taxes and lower premiums; Ms. Warren hasn’t been so specific. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2019
Call for government to help pay sick Australians' health insurance premiums
8 October 2019 - Medibank Private's chief actuary Andrew Matthews has called for the federal government to subsidise older and ...