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Health insurance reform to make 'winners and losers'
11 October 2018 - Health insurance premiums will be shaken up and down by reforms due to start in April ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2018
Private health insurance simpler and cheaper for everyday Australians
11 October 2018 - New rules have been announced that will make private health insurance easier to understand and help Australians ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
Aetna sued for systematically denying care to patients
10 October 2018 - Suit filed by Respiratory Sleep Solutions alleges Aetna is violating established coding standards and denying at-risk patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Oct 2018
Medicare provides continued access to high-quality health coverage choices in 2019
10 October 2018 - CMS releases star ratings for 2019 Medicare Advantage and Part D prescription drug plans ahead of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2018
Private health premiums could rise by 12 per cent next year, leaked modelling shows
10 October 2018 - Private health insurance premiums have been predicted to rise by up to 12 per cent for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Oct 2018
Private health fund changes to push patients back to public hospitals
4 October 2018 - Under radical health fund changes, more than 100,000 people needing surgery on bones, joints, ligaments, tendons ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Sep 2018
Pharma lobby mounts last-ditch effort to fix prescription 'doughnut hole'
20 September 2018 - The pharmaceutical lobby is mounting a last-ditch effort to add a measure to an opioid abuse ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Sep 2018
My Health Record: big pharma can apply to access data
18 September 2018 - ‘Each application would be assessed on its own merits,’ senators told. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Sep 2018
Health groups sue to block Trump expansion of non-ObamaCare plans
14 September 2018 - Seven health care groups on Friday sued to block the Trump administration’s expansion of non-ObamaCare health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Sep 2018
For first time since 2010, America’s progress on health insurance stalls
12 September 2018 - America's uninsured rate held essentially steady from 2016 to 2017, according to U.S. Census Bureau figures ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Sep 2018
Health fund reforms: Parliament passes drastic changes, here is what they mean
11 September 2018 - Health funds will be able to close down your health fund policy and shift you to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Sep 2018
If you don’t believe single payer can work, see how they do it in Taiwan
8 September 2018 - But that doesn’t mean the United States would get the same results. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Sep 2018
Is US medical care inefficient?
7 September 2018 - Is US medical care inefficient? Many health policy experts maintain it is, whereas others prefer a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2018
Blame emergency rooms for the out-of-control cost of health care
5 September 2018 - There are many reasons Americans pay more for health care than citizens of any other country. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Sep 2018
Health insurance funds to help government sell premium hikes
6 September 2018 - Health funds will provide an unprecedented level of detail with their applications to raise premiums next ...