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Canada ponders a federal programme for pharmaceuticals
14 February 2020 - The country’s vaunted public health-care system has a big gap. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Feb 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Feb 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Feb 2020
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Jan 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jan 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2020
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. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Jan 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jan 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Jan 2020
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 ...
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 07 Jan 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jan 2020
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 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jan 2020
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 ...