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Bupa slams comparator websites for diverting funds from healthcare and demands transparency
4 January 2018 - One of Australia's biggest health funds has accused comparator websites of being a "significant cost on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Jan 2018
Why the U.S. spends so much more than other nations on health care
2 January 2018 - Studies point to a simple reason, the prices, not to the amount of care. And lowering prices ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Dec 2017
Price hikes on these top-selling drugs were a lot smaller this year, STAT analysis finds
27 December 2017 - Average annual price increases have declined at least four years in a row for 20 of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Dec 2017
Drug makers dodged 1.3 billion dollars in payments to Medicaid, report finds
20 December 2017 - Drug makers dodged more than $1.3 billion in Medicaid drug rebates between 2012 and 2016 because ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Dec 2017
'Drugs are too expensive for the NHS – and people are paying with their lives’
20 December 2017 - Don’t blame the NHS for denying vital medication, say members of a new activist group, Just Treatment. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Dec 2017
Massachusetts’ proposed Medicaid reforms — cheaper drugs and better coverage?
13 December 2017 - While health policy attention in recent months has focused on Washington, D.C., several proposals from individual ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Dec 2017
Submissions for health insurance premiums increased knocked back
13 December 2017 - Health insurance providers are getting knocked back on their proposed premium hikes for 2018 because they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Dec 2017
'Impossible' to shop around: patients struggling to get information about costs from surgeons
11 December 2017 - Consumers are often told to "shop around" to save money, but for privately insured patients, calculating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2017
Prescription drugs may cost more with insurance than without it
9 December 2017 - Having health insurance is supposed to save you money on your prescriptions. But increasingly, consumers are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Dec 2017
Brand name drug sales soar in Canada, while R&D sags
1 December 2017 - Patented drug industry disputes it's failing to invest enough into research and development. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Nov 2017
Out-of-pocket costs review needed more than ever
17 November 2017 - Latest figures showing consumers are paying out more than ever to health funds and doctors, make ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Nov 2017
Health insurance pressure can only crimp margins
19 November 2017 - The ageing population in Australia has been a strong structural factor driving demand for hospital services. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2017
Trump health agency challenges consensus on reducing costs
12 November 2017 - For several decades, a consensus has grown that reining in the United States’ $3.2 trillion annual ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Oct 2017
We need to remove barriers for high-cost cancer drugs
24 October 2017 - Imagine being the parent of a child suffering from leukemia. All conventional treatments have failed; the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2017
The serious flaw in Canada's health care system: prescription drugs aren't free
20 October 2017 - It’s often held up as an example to the world, but the Canadian system doesn’t cover essential ...