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Public hospitals 'going backwards'
11 December 2019 - Australia's top doctors say the country's hospitals are "going backwards" as more patients wait longer for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
Complaints about private health insurance rule changes jump
9 December 2019 - Complaints about private health insurance rule changes doubled in the September quarter, coinciding with "upheaval" in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
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 09 Dec 2019
Cancer costs can be unbearable - a special Centrelink payment is needed, couple say
9 December 2019 - A Swansea couple has called for a special Centrelink payment for people and their carers living ...
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
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 03 Dec 2019
Donald Trump says US would never take over any part of Britain’s NHS
3 December 2019 - US President Donald Trump has reassured the British public that even if the National Health Service ...
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 27 Nov 2019
Our drug policy often prioritises eliminating rare disease. One researcher asks: Is that the right goal?
26 November 2019 - Dr. Peter Bach wants to turn the entire philosophical underpinnings of America’s health care system upside ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2019
Boris Johnson pledges £500 million for cutting-edge medicine as PM plans to expand Cancer Drugs Fund to fight dementia and motor neurone disease
23 November 2019 - Prime Minister promises to give patients faster access to innovative medicines. ...
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
The challenges of sharing data in an era of politicised science
21 November 2019 - The goal of making science more transparent—sharing data, posting results on trial registries, use of preprint servers, ...