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The Liberals’ plan for Pharmacare? We’re still waiting
14 March 2019 - The Trudeau government is edging closer to announcing its proposals for some kind of national drug ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Mar 2019
House Democrats investigate Trump backed short-term health plans
14 March 2019 - Energy & Commerce Chairman Pallone writes 12 insurance firms. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2019
Health funds warn they will be on life support without premium relief
10 March 2019 - Health funds are warning membership rates will plummet to 30% and some insurers will go out ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Mar 2019
Health insurers battle public hospitals over $1billion a year cash grab
11 March 2019 - Hospital patients are getting caught in the middle of a battle between public hospitals and private ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Mar 2019
Next phase in effective cost control in health care
7 March 2019 - There is some good news on cost control in the United States. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2019
CMS seeks recommendations that allow Americans to purchase health insurance across state lines
6 March 2019 - Administration continues efforts to increase consumer choice, promote competition and drive down prices in the health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2019
China moves to expand cancer medicine access
6 March 2019 - China's recent policy to increase patients' access to cancer medicines has helped more people receive quality ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2019
Canada should create new drug agency and list of medications available to everyone, council says
6 March 2019 - Canada should tiptoe in the direction of national pharmacare by creating a new drug agency and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
Address health care costs not just insurance, says Medibank
28 February 2019 - Medibank Private has told federal Labor it should focus on industry-wide health care cost "drivers" and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2019
After 16 reviews we know how to fix health care, experts say
28 February 2019 - After 16 national reviews in 35 years, the road map for improving the health care system ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2019
Building trust between physicians, hospitals, and payers: a renewed opportunity for transforming US Health Care
25 February 2019 - In 1982, Starr predicted that relationships between physicians and organisations, including insurers, health systems, and hospitals, would ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Feb 2019
Health care and insurance industries mobilise to kill ‘Medicare for All’
23 February 2019 - Even before Democrats finish drafting bills to create a single-payer health care system, the health care ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Feb 2019
A better path to universal health care
20 February 2019 - The United States should look to Germany, not Canada, for the best model. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2019
My Health Record opt-out doubles to 2.5 million people
20 February 2019 - The number of Australians who opted out of the My Health Record system doubled after the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Feb 2019
My Health Record reflects 'new consensus', says CEO Tim Kelsey
19 February 2019 - The government's controversial My Health Record was part of a "new consensus" on digital health, said ...