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At last, good news on health insurance
13 October 2017 - The wide-ranging health insurance reforms announced today deliver a welcome response to consumer dissatisfaction with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2017
Major reforms to make private health insurance simpler and more affordable
13 October 2017 - The Australian Government has announced a wide ranging package of reforms to make private health insurance simpler ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2017
Trump signs order to undermine Obamacare insurance rules
12 October 2017 - It could create a parallel insurance system for healthy people. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2017
Health insurers’ billion dollar remedy
13 October 2017 - Australia’s health insurers have backed the most comprehensive reforms to hit the industry in almost 20 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2017
Foiled in Congress, Trump moves on his own to undermine Obamacare
11 October 2017 - President Trump, after failing to repeal the Affordable Care Act in Congress, will act on his ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Oct 2017
Health fund premiums to be reined in under sweeping Turnbull government changes
12 October 2017 - Private health insurers will be able to charge higher excesses and offer discounts to under-30s under ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2017
What does patient choice really mean for most of us?
10 October 2017 - Individual control is an illusion for all but the top 10% who might be able to afford ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2017
Private patients foot the bill for health insurance rebate cuts
9 October 2017 - Labor’s changes to the health insurance rebate meant federal government spending on the subsidy dropped for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2017
A health care plan that’s universal and bipartisan
9 October 2017 - After the collapse of Republican efforts at one-party health care reform, many Democrats have embraced Senator ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Oct 2017
States urging hospitals to bill health insurers is pushing up premiums, analysis shows
6 October 2017 - Public hospitals can access 44% more funding for patients if they bill their insurer, according to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Oct 2017
What makes Singapore’s health care so cheap?
2 October 2017 - Singapore’s health care system is distinctive, and not just because of the improbability that it’s admired ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2017
Medicare offers more health coverage choices and decreased premiums in 2018
29 September 2017 - Medicare Advantage premiums decrease, choices increase, while enrolment hits an at all-time high.
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Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2017
Not giving up, Trump insists he has votes to repeal Obamacare
27 September 2017 - Unwilling to accept defeat, President Trump insisted on Wednesday that Republicans “have the votes” to dismantle ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Sep 2017
Trump says he may sign executive order allowing interstate purchase of health insurance
27 September 2017 - President Donald Trump says he is considering signing an executive order that he says would allow ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2017
The Swiss also have a private health care system. But theirs works.
26 September 2017 - What can the U.S. Congress learn about health insurance from Switzerland, a small country with the ...