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‘Gravy train’ of private health to run off rails
5 July 2018 - Australia’s private healthcare sector is set to come under further pressure, with the “gravy train” fast ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jun 2018
Private patients in public beds pushing up costs: Hunt
5 June 2018 - Greg Hunt says some Victorian hospitals capitalised on patients with private health insurance to supplement their income. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2018
The cost of asthma medicines
3 April 2018 - Out-of-pocket cost is a major factor contributing to poor adherence to treatment, including in Australia where most ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2018
Doctors name and shame health insurers as profits and complaints soar
26 March 2018 - Doctors have exposed the best and worst private health insurers in a new report card that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2018
More Australians dispose of health insurance because of rising premiums
14 February 2018 - More than 12,000 Australians ditched their hospital cover in the three months to last December, new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Jan 2018
Out of pocket pain – share your experience
18 January 2018 - The thousands of Australians who have faced high out of pocket medical bills now have a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2018
Bupa slams comparator websites for diverting funds from healthcare and demands transparency
4 January 2018 - One of Australia's biggest health funds has accused comparator websites of being a "significant cost on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2017
Submissions for health insurance premiums increased knocked back
13 December 2017 - Health insurance providers are getting knocked back on their proposed premium hikes for 2018 because they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Nov 2017
Out-of-pocket costs review needed more than ever
17 November 2017 - Latest figures showing consumers are paying out more than ever to health funds and doctors, make ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Nov 2017
Health insurance pressure can only crimp margins
19 November 2017 - The ageing population in Australia has been a strong structural factor driving demand for hospital services. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2017
Health insurance still expensive despite reforms: analysts
17 October 2017 - The federal government’s list of private health insurance reforms, lauded as the most significant in almost ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Oct 2017
States urging hospitals to bill health insurers is pushing up premiums, analysis shows
6 October 2017 - Public hospitals can access 44% more funding for patients if they bill their insurer, according to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2017
Health insurers demand reforms to keep premium increases low
11September 2017 - Australia’s health insurance industry has warned Health Minister Greg Hunt that if he wants consumers to have ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2017
’It’s about private healthcare, not just health insurance’
11 September 2017 - An edited transcript of a private health care insurance roundtable hosted by The Australian senior business ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2017
Health insurers blamed for rising health care costs
4 September 2017 - Australians blame health insurers for rising costs in the nation’s health care system, new consumer research ...