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NIB boss lambasts 'ideological' health insurance rules
19 August 2019 - NIB boss Mark Fitzgibbon has hit out at "ideological" rules from the "left of politics" that prevent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Aug 2019
Bring in pharmacare now, health experts ask federal leaders
15 August 2019 - Signatories include professors of medicine, pharmacy, nursing, economics, political science and law. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
A better way to fund medicines?
15 August 2019 - PHARMAC’s recent decision to fund two additional drugs from December this year has been widely welcomed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
The financial cost of a cancer diagnosis leaves many patients in poverty
15 August 2019 - When Jane was diagnosed with bowel cancer 12 months ago she knew the physical and mental ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
Pharmacists call for Medicare rebates for medical consultations at the chemist
15 August 2019 - Pharmacists are pushing the Morrison government for changes to the Medicare system to allow Australians to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Aug 2019
Costing methods applied to cancer
8 August 2019 - Health care is vital in improving quality and length of life. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2019
If we get rid of private health insurance, what happens next?
7 August 2019 - “Hey, hey, ho, ho, private health insurance has to go!” This is the relentless chant being sung ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2019
PHARMAC’s flatlining funding by stealth
9 August 2019 - The Labour-led Government is attempting to hide its shameful underfunding of medicines by peddling the myth ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Aug 2019
Big data, big tech, and protecting patient privacy
9 August 2019 - The market for patient data has never been more active. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2019
Insurers snooping in our health records
9 August 2019 - Life insurers have trawled through the medical records of 150,000 Australians in an attempt to deny ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2019
Report offers blueprint to sustain Australia's health care system
8 August 2019 - Recommendations from a new report on the future of healthcare in Australia will be road tested ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2019
Why using your health cover in a public hospital is adding $100 to your health fund premiums
7 August 2019 - Public hospitals are gouging health fund members of more than $1.6 billion a year by bullying them ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Aug 2019
Boris pledges a £1.8 billion cash injection for the NHS
5 August 2019 - There’s nothing like the prospect of a general election to free up funding for the NHS, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2019
White House weighs September rollout of health plan
3 August 2019 - Some Trump advisers believe the president should unveil a specific proposal to contrast with Democrats’ ideas. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2019
New Zealand health system: universalism struggles with persisting inequities
3 August 2019 - New Zealand was one of the first countries to establish a universal, tax-funded national health service. ...