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Surgery figures a sign of private health insurance ills
26 June 2018 - Surgical volume growth in Australian hospitals is slowing, in another warning sign about the health of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2018
You can spend your super on boob jobs and weight loss surgery but not operations to fix crippling back pain
16 June 2018 - Patients desperate to fix crippling back pain with life-changing surgery overseas are being told they can’t ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 May 2018
Medicare findings support need for continuing review
30 April 2018 - The scope and complexity of the latest proposed changes to treatments which Medicare covers highlight the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Apr 2018
Value-based healthcare summit looks at a new health paradigm
24 April 2018 - The Medical Technology Association of Australia value-based healthcare summit is bringing together policy makers, patient advocates, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Apr 2018
The alternative to private health insurance proposed by dentists
5 April 2018 - If you are among the 13 million Australians with private health insurance as of Easter Sunday ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2018
Radical dental plan highlights need for change
5 March 2018 - The radical alternative to private health insurance proposed by Australia’s dentists shows, if nothing else, that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2018
Cost-effectiveness analysis of germ-line BRCA testing in women with breast cancer and cascade testing in family members of mutation carriers
4 January 2018 - This study evaluated the cost-effectiveness of BRCA testing in Australian women with breast cancer, and cascade ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2017
'Impossible' to shop around: patients struggling to get information about costs from surgeons
11 December 2017 - Consumers are often told to "shop around" to save money, but for privately insured patients, calculating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Dec 2017
New cervical cancer test is great news for Australian women
1 December 2017 - Australian women will benefit from a new and more effective screening test for cervical cancer — it’s ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Nov 2017
Medical devices - tragedy and triumph
29 November 2017 - The rapid development in the potency and complexity of medical devices, while offering great advances in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Nov 2017
Commonwealth to cut funding for botched operations
28 November 2017 - Public hospitals will no longer receive commonwealth funding for avoidable complications such as pressure injuries, infections ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2017
No 'free kicks' from government for health care industry, says Primary Health boss
23 November 2017 - The pathology industry has "reached the limit" when it comes to consolidation and after years of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Nov 2017
MTAA calls for National Audit Office to inspect private health insurance books
31 October 2017 - Today during a Senate Inquiry into value and affordability of private health insurance and out-of-pocket medical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2017
Thousands of patients to access Medicare subsidies for life-saving treatments
1 November 2017 - Thousands of patients will now have access to new Medicare subsidies to treat epilepsy, stroke, lymphoma, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 31 Oct 2017
Health funds poised to cheat members of 1.5 billion dollars in savings says device manufacturers
31 October 2017 - Health insurance customers could miss out on promised cuts to hefty fund premiums unless the nation’s chief ...