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More than 1 million Americans have lost health insurance since 2016
19 April 2019 - More than 1 million Americans have lost health insurance coverage since 2016, according to a new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Apr 2019
Hospitals stand to lose billions under ‘Medicare for all’
21 April 2019 - For a patient’s knee replacement, Medicare will pay a hospital $17,000. The same hospital can get ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
'Missing out on basic health care': Australians spend $34 billion a year on out-of-pocket health costs
15 April 2019 - Australians are paying more for health care than most other developed nations, forking out $34 billion ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
Free blood tests: Labor raises health pressure
16 April 2019 - Bill Shorten will promise to fund $200 million worth of free blood tests for cancer patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Apr 2019
Big pharma might cut research, delay new drugs if Pharmacare means more generics
14 April 2019 - Pharmacare is shaping up as a key campaign issue in the October election, particularly for the Liberals. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2019
Biopharma CEOs explain problems with biosimilars to Congress
12 April 2019 - Following their Senate Finance Committee hearing in February, all seven biopharmaceutical CEOs have now offered hundreds ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Apr 2019
How much does it cost to have cancer?
14 April 2019 - Out-of-pocket costs are brutal sucker punches for cancer patients. Where do the costs come from? How steep ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Apr 2019
Would ‘Medicare for all’ save billions or cost billions?
10 April 2019 - How much would a “Medicare for all” plan, like the kind being introduced by Senator Bernie ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2019
ALP cancer plan ‘divisive, inequitable’
11 April 2019 - Labor’s decision to prioritise fee relief for cancer patients is a departure from its previous policies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Apr 2019
Sanders to roll out updated 'Medicare for all' proposal Wednesday
8 April 2019 - Senator Bernie Sanders will roll out an updated version of his "Medicare for all" plan Wednesday ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Apr 2019
Tackle biggest killer, cardiologists tell Labor
10 April 2019 - Cardiologists have questioned Labor’s “unusual” plan to target just one disease in its biggest election healthcare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2019
Health insurers welcome Coalition review on natural therapies
8 April 2019 - Health insurers have welcomed a Coalition pledge to reconsider a ban on cover for natural therapies ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2019
Trump is being vague about what he wants to replace Obamacare. But there are clues.
5 April 2019 - The three leading G.O.P. health care proposals all involve block grants. Those plans are hard to square ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Apr 2019
House committee passes bills to strengthen Obamacare and lower drug prices
4 April 2019 - House Democrats are taking their first steps to fulfil their promises to strengthen Obamacare and lower ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2019
The implications of “Medicare for All” for US hospitals
4 April 2019 - Health care has already emerged as a major 2020 campaign topic for the Democrats, with some candidates ...