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Health cover at ‘tipping point’
7 July 2017 - Medibank Private boss Craig Drummond has warned that the health insurance sector is at a “critical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jul 2017
One in three RA patients rejecting meds because of cost
6 July 2017 - One in three people with rheumatoid arthritis in England are not taking their medicine as prescribed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2017
Cancers and other illnesses are going undetected because patients can’t afford $100 bill for scans
6 July 2017 - Illnesses like cancer are going undetected in 300,000 Australians because they can’t afford the scans to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2017
Private health insurers must do more to arrest rise in complaints, Senate told
5 July 2017 - Ombudsman director warns of ‘an increased level of frustration with affordability’ and calls on the industry to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2017
The amount you pay for cancer drugs may double -- here's why
19 June 2017 - Cancer immunotherapies could push the price patients and insurers pay for cancer drugs through the roof. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2017
NIB CEO Mark Fitzgibbon says reforms needed to halt health insurance premium hikes
15 June 2017 - Listed health insurer NIB wants to offer discounts to younger Australians who take up private health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2017
High costs, lack of affordability most common factors that lead consumers to cancel health insurance coverage
12 June 2017 - CMS issues two new reports on health insurance enrolment trends. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jun 2017
Cancer drug prices are so high that doctors will test cutting doses
8 June 2017 - A group of prominent cancer doctors is planning a novel assault on high drug costs, using ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2017
Actuaries push for insurers to pay cancer patients upfront
8 June 2017 - The Actuaries Institute and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia are calling for private health insurers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2017
Cancer Drugs Fund of minimal benefit
6 June 2017 - A new study has concluded that the medicines available in the previous version of the NHS Cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jun 2017
The specialists’ stranglehold on medicine
3 June 2017 - Republicans are trying to cut health care spending. But hacking away at Medicaid, weakening coverage requirements ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jun 2017
The doctor is in. Co-pay? $40,000.
3 June 2017 - When John Battelle’s teenage son broke his leg at a suburban soccer game, naturally the first ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jun 2017
Measuring value and benefit—a matter of perspective
2 June 2017 - There is growing concern about the sustainability of health-care systems as the populations of high-income countries age ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jun 2017
Single payer healthcare is popular with Californians — unless it raises their taxes
31 May 2017 - Almost two of every three Californians in a new statewide poll said they like the idea ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2017
Medicare patients don’t share in drug discounts given insurers and PBMs
30 May 2017 - Medicare and its beneficiaries aren’t the winners in the behind-the-scenes rebate game played by drug makers, ...