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Secret health fund benefit list reveals the lowest paying insurers
31 October 2019 - The health funds that pay their members the lowest benefits have been named and shamed as experts ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2019
Mental illness costs $180 billion, study reveals
31 October 2019 - One million Australians with mental health conditions ranging from anxiety and depression to psychosis and borderline ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2019
Private health insurance still confuses Australian customers despite reforms, Choice finds
30 October 2019 - Australians are still confused about their private health insurance options and are being scammed despite a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2019
Health insurance: how much will you pay to boost specialists' incomes?
30 October 2019 - I think I could probably get to the end of the year just writing once a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2019
Free sunscreen and skin checks? Health insurer seeks to reward 'good behaviour'
29 October 2019 - Private health insurer NIB wants to increase incentives for "good behaviour" like exercising or being a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2019
‘Let private health funds cover all GP bills’
29 October 2019 - Private health insurers are pushing for reform of the healthcare system to allow them to pay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Oct 2019
It’s time for Canada to embrace universal pharmacare and protect drug coverage from corporate erosion
28 October 2019 - President Trump recently unveiled an executive order — originally titled “Protecting Medicare from Socialist Destruction” — ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
Canadian election clears path for universal drug plan
23 October 2019 - Canada’s Liberal government is more likely to pass a universal prescription drug plan after losing its majority ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
Blair had private health insurance — but his cancer treatment still cost almost $1,000 a week
24 October 2019 - It is Anzac Day 2017, and Blair Meldrum cannot get out of bed. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2019
Which health care promises will the Liberals realistically be able to keep?
22 October 2019 - The Liberals have a number of significant health care-related campaign promises to live up to as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2019
Health insurance premiums to rise after government deal fails to reduce costs
23 October 2019 - Australians with private health insurance will face hefty premium increases next year - likely to be ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Oct 2019
Voters beware: national pharmacare is unnecessary, bad for privately insured Canadians and costly for taxpayers
18 October 2019 - Research has shown it would be less disruptive and less expensive to just fill the gaps caused ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Oct 2019
Election 2019: unprecedented hope for universal pharmacare
15 October 2019 - Pharmacare continues to be the most salient unfinished business of Canada’s public health care system since Medicare ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Oct 2019
High health care costs suggest review is needed: report
8 October 2019 - The federal government’s annual $6 billion spend on the health insurance rebate could be redirected to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 08 Oct 2019
Call for government to help pay sick Australians' health insurance premiums
8 October 2019 - Medibank Private's chief actuary Andrew Matthews has called for the federal government to subsidise older and ...