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A new deal protects Australians chemists at the expense of patients
22 September 2019 - Australia’s 3000 pharmacy owners have a government guaranteed monopoly that is pushing up medicine prices and the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Sep 2019
Pharmacy face off: Chemist Warehouse’s push to provide free prescription medicine
4 September 2019 - Australia’s largest pharmacy retailer, Chemist Warehouse, is offering to provide free prescription medicine, if restrictive rules ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
$320 a night to stay in a public hospital after two funds slash rebate
4 September 2019 - Australians insured with HCF face hundreds of dollars per night in out-of-pocket fees if they are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
More than half pay top dollar for health insurance
4 September 2019 - More than half of all health fund members now have the most extensive — and expensive ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Sep 2019
Free prescriptions blocked by the Pharmacy Guild of Australia
3 September 2019 - Australia’s largest pharmacy chain has offered to provide free prescription medicines if restrictive rules are changed. But ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Sep 2019
Australians paying more for their medication after prescription changes knocked back
2 September 2019 - Aussies are paying double for this essential product. But one powerful group is doing everything to keep ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Aug 2019
How a powerful lobby group is pushing up PBS medicine prices
30 August 2019 - Aussies are being forced to pay up to six times more for vital medicines despite being listed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2019
Aust stent costs five times higher than NZ
23 August 2019 -FactCheck Investigation: Do heart stents cost Australian private health funds five times more than they cost in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2019
'Remove rugs from aged care' to reduce health insurance costs, report says
22 August 2019 - The medical devices industry is pushing back against further reforms to lower the cost of hip ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2019
The $6 million drug claim
25 August 2019 - Dawn Patterson keeps a multimillion-dollar drug in the fridge, next to a bottle of root beer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Aug 2019
Privately insured patients get VIP treatment in public hospitals
26 August 2019 - Public hospital admission is meant to be based on need. But it turns out private patients are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2019
Medibank joins Nexus Hospitals joint replacement surgery trial guaranteeing zero out-of-pocket costs
23 August 2019 - Doctors, Nexus Hospitals and Medibank start innovative joint replacement trial. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Aug 2019
Private health insurance woes escalate as premiums, out-of-pocket costs rise
20 August 2019 - The Morrison government is facing an escalating affordability crisis in private health insurance, as premiums continue ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2019
Why using your health cover in a public hospital is adding $100 to your health fund premiums
7 August 2019 - Public hospitals are gouging health fund members of more than $1.6 billion a year by bullying them ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2019
Patients push for transplant medications to be free in Australia
2 August 2019 - A woman who received a life-saving heart transplant now has to spent $250 on medication each month ...