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Medibank boss warns of big challenges for health system but Australia 'well-placed'
23 March 2020 - Medibank chief executive Craig Drummond says reform of the private health sector will have to wait ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2020
Calls to change private health after funds lose 47,000 younger members
18 February 2020 - Health insurers and private hospitals are stepping up calls for government reform to help reverse a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Feb 2020
Private health cover numbers still dwindling, APRA reports
18 February 2020 - Almost 10,000 Australians dumped private health cover in the last three months of last year, leaving ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2020
National Medicines Policy 2.0: a vision for the future
3 February 2020 - Australia’s National Medicines Policy was launched 20 years ago with the aim of improving health outcomes ...
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
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 13 Jan 2020
In home care plan to cut hospital costs
13 January 2020 - Patients with mental health problems, chronic disease and undergoing rehabilitation will be increasingly diverted out of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Jan 2020
Failing mental and dental health resources driving hospital congestion
10 January 2020 - A critical shortage of mental health beds and unaffordable dental services are prompting increasing numbers of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jan 2020
Hospital overload ‘fuelled by GP rebate’
9 January 2020 - The Medicare rebate for GP consultations is too low, prompting tens of thousands of people each ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jan 2020
Public hospital system being stretched to the limit
7 January 2020 - The nation’s public hospitals are “stretched to the max” and are beginning to buckle under the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2019
Public hospitals 'going backwards'
11 December 2019 - Australia's top doctors say the country's hospitals are "going backwards" as more patients wait longer for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2019
Health insurers call for federal crackdown on public hospital 'fraud'
11 December 2019 - Health funds are calling on federal health minister Greg Hunt to use the government's new data-matching ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
Complaints about private health insurance rule changes jump
9 December 2019 - Complaints about private health insurance rule changes doubled in the September quarter, coinciding with "upheaval" in ...
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 ...