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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 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 27 Feb 2019
Health insurance reforms to bring more clarity to coverage
26 February 2019 - With only a month to go before the annual hike in private health insurance premiums, many ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Feb 2019
Governments health reforms mean health fund members lose benefits
20 February 2019 - More than 50,000 members of Australia’s largest health fund Bupa will lose cover for key joint ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Jan 2019
‘Restore health insurance rebate’
30 January 2019 - Australia’s health insurance sector is calling for the industry rebate to be restored to its original ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2019
Confusion abounds around health insurance reforms
21 January 2019 - For reforms that are meant to simplify private health cover, some are still a confusing maze. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Jan 2019
The slow death of our health insurance system
16 January 2019 - Attention, please, all those out there among the 44.9% (and sliding) of Australians with private health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2019
Health insurers’ poor prognosis
14 January 2019 - Australia’s health insurance sector is in a downward performance trend, warn industry leaders, as the spotlight ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Jan 2019
China has a very unhealthy interest in our medical data
14 January 2019 - Chinese companies are required by law to obey directives from Beijing's intelligence agencies. So why would ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2018
As health insurance premiums rise again, consumer focus will be on value
19 December 2018 - The average 3.25 per cent rise in health insurance premiums announced today brings a respite from ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Dec 2018
Private health insurance premiums to rise 3.25pc in April
19 December 2018 - Private health insurers are hopeful more Australians will take up cover and existing members will stop ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2018
Labor kickstarts inquiry into private health insurance
11 December 2018 - Labor will fast-track its promised inquiry into private health insurance, calling for submissions before the federal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2018
Health insurance cap may advantage youth
10 December 2018 - Bill Shorten has accused the industry of “treating Australians like mugs, gouging people on the basis of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2018
Surviving niche busters: Main strategies employed by Canadian private insurers facing the arrival of high cost specialty drugs
6 December 2018 - The Canadian patchwork system of prescription drug coverage and the employer sponsored private health benefits group plans ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Dec 2018
Long waits push surgeries onto private health insurance list
6 December 2018 - The long wait for hip and knee replacements and cataract surgery in the public hospital system ...