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Health rebate battle is brewing
23 November 2018 - The standard rate of the health insurance rebate is likely to fall below 25% next year, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Nov 2018
Scandals catch up to private Chinese hospitals, after fortunes are made
15 November 2018 - Chen Deliang, wearing an orange tunic, a gold watch and fluffy bedroom slippers decorated with snowflakes ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Nov 2018
Poor value sees younger people dropping private health insurance
18 November 2018 - Younger people are ditching private health cover or not taking up cover in the first place, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2018
Lower drug prices get an assist from a big player
15 November 2018 - A shift in strategy by Express Scripts is a small but positive step toward fixing a broken ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2018
'Reinsurance' Obamacare fix wins bipartisan support in Senate
13 November 2018 - Sen. Joe Manchin III, a West Virginia Democrat who just won re-election in one of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2018
Democrats won a mandate on health care. How will they use it?
10 November 2018 - Nancy Pelosi and other Democrats stressed protections for pre-existing conditions in the midterm elections. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Nov 2018
CVS to test stores with added health services early next year after Aetna deal closes
6 November 2018 - CVS expects its roughly $69 billion acquisition of health insurer Aetna to close before Thanksgiving. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2018
Health Minister Greg Hunt to announce My Health Record changes
6 November 2018 - Health Minister Greg Hunt is poised to announce long-awaited changes to the government's My Health Record ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2018
How to make US health care more equitable and less costly: begin by replacing employment-based insurance
2 November 2018 - Among the most important domestic policy problems in the United States is the high cost of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2018
Should health care shift toward a blockchain-based efficiency model?
22 October 2018 - In times of medical emergency, an ambulance ride of just a few miles can cost thousands ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2018
$6.8 billion ‘high claim’ health cost sparks private insurer outcry
23 October 2018 - Australia’s private health funds paid $6.82 billion in “high claims” in one year, prompting renewed concerns ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2018
Premiums for most popular type of Obamacare plan will drop next year
11 October 2018 - Affordable Care Act navigators helping people sign up for health insurance in 2016. This year’s open enrolment ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Health insurance reform to make 'winners and losers'
11 October 2018 - Health insurance premiums will be shaken up and down by reforms due to start in April ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Private health insurance simpler and cheaper for everyday Australians
11 October 2018 - New rules have been announced that will make private health insurance easier to understand and help Australians ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
Why it's not so simple to standardise the guides insurers use to pay for off-label cancer drugs
10 October 2018 - In accordance with federal law, CMS must reimburse cancer drugs used off-label if one of five ...