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Aussies struggle as health care costs skyrocket
25 September 2019 - Aussies are delaying crucial health care as a shocking new report reveals just how much more they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Sep 2019
Is private health care worth the premium price tag?
23 September 2019 - When it comes to making a purchase, most consumers can shop around for the best price – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2019
Medicare bulk billing at record level
4 September 2019 - An increased number of Australians are attending General Practitioner (GP) appointments without reaching into their pockets, with ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
ACCC sues Medibank for incorrectly rejecting health insurance claims
3 September 2019 - Consumer watchdog alleges 60 members upgraded their policies needlessly to access coverage they had already paid for. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
'No jab, no pay' threat prompts an extra 174,000 children to be vaccinated in one year
1 September 2019 - A threat to cut family tax benefits for Australians who did not vaccinate their children has ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Aug 2019
Let pharmacists take the load off GPs
28 August 2019 - Recent proposals to allow pharmacists to take on a greater role to improve access to low ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2019
Privately insured patients get VIP treatment in public hospitals
26 August 2019 - Public hospital admission is meant to be based on need. But it turns out private patients are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Aug 2019
Australia could be world leader with its digital medical data banks
26 August 2019 - Australia is behind global peers in adopting technology in healthcare but it has an opportunity to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Aug 2019
Chinese stealing health and medical research data: report
21 August 2019 - The global healthcare sector, including Australia, faces increasing cyber threats and malicious activity from Chinese groups, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Aug 2019
Private health insurance woes escalate as premiums, out-of-pocket costs rise
20 August 2019 - The Morrison government is facing an escalating affordability crisis in private health insurance, as premiums continue ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Aug 2019
NIB boss lambasts 'ideological' health insurance rules
19 August 2019 - NIB boss Mark Fitzgibbon has hit out at "ideological" rules from the "left of politics" that prevent ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Aug 2019
The financial cost of a cancer diagnosis leaves many patients in poverty
15 August 2019 - When Jane was diagnosed with bowel cancer 12 months ago she knew the physical and mental ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Aug 2019
If we get rid of private health insurance, what happens next?
7 August 2019 - “Hey, hey, ho, ho, private health insurance has to go!” This is the relentless chant being sung ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2019
Insurers snooping in our health records
9 August 2019 - Life insurers have trawled through the medical records of 150,000 Australians in an attempt to deny ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Aug 2019
Report offers blueprint to sustain Australia's health care system
8 August 2019 - Recommendations from a new report on the future of healthcare in Australia will be road tested ...