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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 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 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 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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
Medibank warns of health insurance crisis
9 December 2019 - One of the nation’s biggest health insurers has appealed for governments and healthcare providers to work ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Dec 2019
Cancer costs can be unbearable - a special Centrelink payment is needed, couple say
9 December 2019 - A Swansea couple has called for a special Centrelink payment for people and their carers living ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2019
Doctors call for shake-up of private health insurance rules
4 December 2019 - Doctors are calling for a boost to the government rebate for health insurance to make it ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2019
Radical plan to overhaul private health insurance put forward by Grattan Institute
4 December 2019 - Tracy Lee Jurg has had private health insurance her entire life. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Nov 2019
'Hospital-in-the-home revolution': Hunt's plan to shake up private health insurance
26 November 2019 - Health Minister Greg Hunt has outlined his plan for a major shake-up of rules governing private ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Nov 2019
Health insurers hit back after minister rejects premium rise
24 November 2019 - Health insurers are appealing to federal Health Minister Greg Hunt to fast-track reforms aimed at helping ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Nov 2019
Private health premiums tipped to soar as more young people drop cover
19 November 2019 - Health Minister Greg Hunt's effort to slow the increase in the cost of health insurance has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2019
Private health too costly, sector too complex
14 November 2019 - Australia's private health care system is too difficult for patients to navigate, leading to price gouging, ...