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Biden-Harris Administration announces Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug proposals that aim to improve care and access for enrollees
26 November 2024 - Today, the CMS is proposing actions in the Medicare Advantage and Medicare Part D prescription drug programs ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2024
Insurer greed to inflict more financial pain on patients
22 November 2024 - Following Bupa and the Australian Health Services Alliance (AHSA)’s refusal to acknowledge the viability crisis impacting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2024
The sickest patients are fleeing private Medicare plans costing taxpayers billions
11 November 2024 - Medicare Advantage patients in the last year of life were far more likely to switch to traditional ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2024
Funding battle over a critical medicine is the latest front in private health war
29 October 2024 - Private hospital groups are warning that patients will increasingly be slugged with out of pocket costs as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Oct 2024
Healthscope to slug Bupa patients $100 for overnight hospital stays
29 October 2024 - Healthscope will charge customers of Bupa and Australian Health Service Alliance funds a $100 gap fee ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2024
St Vincent’s splits with insurer NIB amid private hospitals ‘crisis’
4 July 2024 - Australia’s largest non-profit hospital operator says Labor is yet to fully grapple with a crisis facing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2024
Private health sector on life support as patients’ care delayed
21 June 2024 - The health insurance industry is facing the growing prospect of unprecedented government intervention in its contracting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2024
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan dropping coverage of weight loss drugs
14 June 2024 - Michigan's largest insurance company said it will begin eliminating coverage of various weight loss drugs next ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2024
When will Canada have national pharmacare?
22 April 2024 - Canadians support it, public health demands it, now policy makers must deliver it. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2024
Private health insurance premiums rise less than wages, pensions and inflation
5 March 2024 - The Australian Government has ensured Australians get value for money from their private health insurance, with the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Feb 2024
Drug insurance: a single payer pharmacare program would jeopardise coverage quality for 21 million Canadians
22 February 2024 - Imposing a single payer universal drug insurance plan on all Canadians would jeopardise coverage quality for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2024
At 40, Medicare’s a marvel but it’s time for a health check
30 January 2024 - Big birthdays are a moment for reflection. And at 40, many of us need a check-up to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2023
Cigna calls off Humana pursuit, plans big stock buyback
10 December 2023 - Health insurance providers couldn’t agree on financial terms for deal that would have created $140 billion giant. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2023
Cigna, Humana in talks for blockbuster merger
29 November 2023 - Cash and stock deal between health insurance giants could be struck by year end. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2023
AMA urges coverage of obesity treatments as payers balk at costs
13 November 2023 - The American Medical Association called on insurance companies, employers, and government programs to cover obesity treatments ...