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Budget October 2022–23: strengthening Medicare
25 October 2022 - The Australian Government’s 2022-23 Budget begins the task of strengthening Medicare after a decade of cuts and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Oct 2022
‘Distressed and appalled’: eye doctor sees red at overcharging by peers
25 October 2022 - Central Queensland eye surgeon David Kitchen has had enough of long-term, rampant rorting by some of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2022
Drug makers look to limit Medicare’s new power to negotiate lower drug prices
20 October 2022 - Industry tries to ease impact of Inflation Reduction Act, as regulators start to implement the law. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Oct 2022
Senator Collins, Representative Eshoo decry Medicare coverage rejection of Alzheimer’s drugs
18 October 2022 - “It’s not CMS’ job to deny the use under the Medicare program of an FDA-approved drug.” – ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2022
Calls for TGA to withdraw Covid drug approval
17 October 2022 - The medicines regulator is facing calls to withdraw its provisional approval for the antiviral drug molnupiravir ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2022
Medicare rorts expose inflated bulk billing rates
18 October 2022 - Systemic rorting of Medicare is artificially inflating official statistics that claim almost nine out of 10 ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Oct 2022
Medicare reports
17 October 2022 - Minister for Health and Aged Care, Mark Butler has issued the following statement regarding Medicare reporting. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Oct 2022
Impending relief for Medicare beneficiaries - the Inflation Reduction Act
15 October 2022 - For many Medicare beneficiaries, the Inflation Reduction Act will reduce out of pocket spending for retail prescription ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Oct 2022
COVID-19: nirmatrelvir/ritonavir reduces the risk of a severe course in patients at risk
4 October 2022 - However, due to contra-indications and interactions, the combination of active ingredients is not suitable for all patients ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Sep 2022
Medicare lays out the bureaucracy it will need to negotiate drug prices
29 September 2022 - New documents outline how Medicare is planning to build out a sizeable new bureaucratic infrastructure to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Sep 2022
Half of GPs say staying open is financially unsustainable as Medicare rebate fails
28 September 2022 - Staying in general practice is financially unsustainable for almost half of the nation’s GPs due to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2022
Growing financial burden from high-cost targeted oral anti-cancer medicines among Medicare beneficiaries with cancer
13 September 2022 - The rapidly rising costs of targeted oral anti-cancer medicines raise concerns over their affordability. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Sep 2022
Explainer: how the US drug pricing law affects Medicare and its members
13 September 2022 - U.S. President Joe Biden last month signed the $430 billion Inflation Reduction Act, authorising the federal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Aug 2022
To improve access and equity, move vaccine coverage to Medicare Part B
17 August 2022 - Within the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 is a provision worthy of praise: the elimination of cost-sharing ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2022
GPs demand action to fix ‘disintegrating’ Medicare
17 August 2022 - Doctors have issued the federal government with an urgent demand for more Medicare funding, warning general ...