Canada ponders a federal programme for pharmaceuticals

14 February 2020 - The country’s vaunted public health-care system has a big gap. ...

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Many in U.S. worry about affording health care in retirement

11 February 2020 - Nearly half of Americans aged 50 to 64 worry they won’t be able to afford healthcare ...

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Urgent review needed into private health insurance system: APRA

4 February 2020 - The prudential regulator has questioned the ongoing viability of Australia’s ailing private health insurance system and ...

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How chaos at chain pharmacies is putting patients at risk

31 January 2020 - For Alyssa Watrous, the medication mix-up meant a pounding headache, nausea and dizziness.  ...

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Morneau says Ottawa will need to work with provinces on issues like universal pharmacare

19 January 2020 - Finance Minister Bill Morneau said that the federal government will often need to work together with provinces ...

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Supreme Court refuses to fast-track a challenge to the Affordable Care Act

22 January 2020 - The Supreme Court on Tuesday denied a motion to fast-track a challenge to the Affordable Care ...

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Health gap fees up to 10 times higher in northern Sydney than elsewhere in NSW

21 January 2020 - Private health insurance gap fees are up to 10 times larger in northern Sydney than elsewhere ...

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Why cancelling your private health insurance could have unintended consequences

20 January 2020 - Nick Maconachie and Anna Dimeas have very different views on private health cover. ...

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New fee website shows NSW pays up to 40 times more in out-of-pocket costs

20 January 2020 - Private health patients in NSW are paying up to 40 times more in out-of-pocket costs than ...

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Is innovation causing accessibility, timing issues for private drug plans?

17 January 2020 - Pharmaceutical companies and private payers can interact in different ways to ensure the right drugs are ...

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Health insurance industry pooling mechanism makes high cost drugs accessible for record number of Canadians

14 January 2020 - The catastrophic expense of high cost drugs have been made affordable for a record number of ...

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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 ...

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ObamaCare market stable and profitable despite loss of individual mandate

6 January 2020 - The ObamaCare market is “stable” and profitable for insurers despite the repeal of the law’s mandate ...

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Is Obamacare really unconstitutional?

1 January 2020 - A U.S. appeals court has declared that the Affordable Care Act’s individual mandate is unconstitutional and that ...

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It looks like health insurance, but it’s not. ‘Just trust God,’ buyers are told.

2 January 2020 - Some state regulators are scrutinising nonprofit Christian cost-sharing ministries that enrol Americans struggling to pay for medical ...

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