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Employers shoulder plenty of drug costs, but haven’t lobbied much to lower them — until now
3 February 2020 - Companies like Pepsi, Walmart, and Jack in the Box foot the bill for more than 150 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jan 2020
CVS to offer diabetes drugs at no out-of-pocket costs for PBM members
29 January 2020 - CVS Health Corp said its pharmacy benefit management unit is launching a new program, under which ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2020
Health gap fees up to 10 times higher in northern Sydney than elsewhere in NSW
21 January 2020 - Private health insurance gap fees are up to 10 times larger in northern Sydney than elsewhere ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2020
Fees and charges proposal 2020-21
20 January 2020 - The TGA is undertaking a consultation through its website to seek stakeholder's views on TGA’s proposed fees ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2020
Why cancelling your private health insurance could have unintended consequences
20 January 2020 - Nick Maconachie and Anna Dimeas have very different views on private health cover. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2020
New fee website shows NSW pays up to 40 times more in out-of-pocket costs
20 January 2020 - Private health patients in NSW are paying up to 40 times more in out-of-pocket costs than ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Jan 2020
Here’s how tripling prices could save you 40% on your medications
9 January 2020 - Medication prices in the US have gone from wild to insane; from expensive to outright unaffordable. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2020
Earlier access to cheaper medicines for 1.6 million Australians
1 January 2020 - The Australian Government is significantly lowering the threshold for the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme Safety Net from 1 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2020
New laws that affect Australians from January 1, 2020
1 January 2020 - Today there are a raft of changes coming to welfare, health, education and many other living expenses. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Dec 2019
Report on the collection of under co-payment data 2018-19
17 December 2019 - The report on the collection of under co-payment data 2018-19 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2019
2019-20 cost recovery implementation statement for PBS/NIP updated for 2018-19 financial outcome
12 December 2019 - The 2019–20 Cost Recovery Implementation Statement for the listing of medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2019
Innovative Medicines Canada bans members from paying doctors fees for IV infusions
11 December 2019 - Pharmaceutical companies will no longer be allowed to pay fees to Canadian doctors for overseeing intravenous ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
Health funds call for urgent reform after government caps price hikes
9 December 2019 - Health funds strong-armed by the government into rising their membership fees by the lowest annual rate ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Dec 2019
Government announces lowest health insurance premium increase in 19 years
7 December 2019 - The federal government has announced the lowest increase in private health insurance premiums in two decades, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2019
How to navigate specialist fees in the private health system
26 November 2019 - Have you ever taken up private health insurance, only to end up hundreds or thousands of ...