Blog
RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2025
Government of Canada signs Pharmacare agreement with Manitoba to improve affordable access to medications
27 February 2025 - Additional agreement will improve access and affordability of drugs for rare diseases. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Feb 2025
Health insurers worried about court order to cover expensive cancer medicines
26 February 2025 - Health insurance companies are “very concerned” about their ability to force lower prices being restricted after a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Feb 2025
Value for private health insurance
26 February 2025 - The Australian Government has ensured Australians get value for money from their private health insurance. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2025
Insurer denies access to drugs granted accelerated approval by FDA
3 January 2025 - An insurer’s decision to delay reimbursement of drugs licensed under the FDA’s accelerated approval program has sparked ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Feb 2025
Bupa and Healthscope end battle over hospital payments, meaning no gap fees for stays
31 January 2025 - Millions of Bupa customers will avoid incurring gap fees for stays at Healthscope hospitals after the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2024
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 ...