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Cancer Drugs Fund of minimal benefit
6 June 2017 - A new study has concluded that the medicines available in the previous version of the NHS Cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jun 2017
More new cancer drugs mean higher costs but also longer lives
1 June 2017 - Spending on cancer treatments has spiked past the $100 billion mark globally over the past five ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 May 2017
Rebates fail to cushion US drug costs
30 May 2017 - Carole Siesser, a retiree in Delray Beach, Florida, started taking a bone-growth drug made by Eli ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 May 2017
Shock surgical costs around New Zealand
30 May 2017 - Leading health insurer heads effort to make surgery costs transparent & consistent. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 May 2017
Japan to bring forward target for increased generic drug use
22 May 2017 - Japan will bring forward a target to boost the use of generic drugs by six months ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2017
High-income earners could be in Medicare firing line
4 May 2017 - High-income earners could be hit with higher taxes through the health system to help the Turnbull ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2017
Private health insurance premiums set to get cheaper across Australia
4 May 2017 - Private health insurance premiums could be $150 lower from next year after the Federal Government moved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2017
Private patients pay $729 million more for medical implants
27 April 2017 - Private hospital patients were charged almost $730 million more than those in public hospitals for implantable ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Apr 2017
Patients will be pushed to use ‘generic drugs’ as medicine prices fall in the upcoming federal budget
21 April 2017 - Patients and taxpayers will pay less for hundreds of medicines as a result of the May ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2017
No ‘death spiral’: insurers may soon profit from Obamacare plans, analysis finds
7 April 2017 - In contrast to the dire pronouncements from President Trump and other Republicans, the demise of the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2017
More than Obamacare repeal, small businesses want Congress to rein in costs
27 March 2017 - LaRonda Hunter, a business owner in Fort Worth, Tex., views the Affordable Care Act as a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Mar 2017
Battle over hips and the hip pocket as prostheses costs fight heats up
12 March 2017 - Australia's medical technology bodies are gearing up for battle as the cost of replacement hips, knees ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Mar 2017
States urge hospitals to bill insurers
4 March 2017 - State governments are actively encouraging public hospitals to bill health insurers for their members’ treatment, driving ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Mar 2017
Health funds’ hit list to save members $1.5bn a year
3 March 2017 - The private health insurance sector’s peak body has outlined measures in its pre-budget submission that it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Feb 2017
US insurers balk at expensive ‘miracle drugs’
27 February 2017 - Pharma companies are under increasing pressure to reduce the cost of new treatments. ...