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Consultation paper on proposal to introduce a cost recovered pathway for Medical Services Advisory Committee applications
4 January 2022 - The Department of Health invites submissions in relation to a proposal to introduce a cost recovered ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Dec 2021
Private health pushes back on rates rise queries from Greg Hunt
14 December 2021 - Private health insurers are pushing back at Morrison government calls to reconsider a rise in their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Dec 2021
Forecast 2 for the 2021 rebate from side agreements
13 December 2021 - In a new report to the government, TLV forecasts that the pharmaceutical companies will pay approximately ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 Dec 2021
Health Minister Greg Hunt tells health funds to reduce price rises
11 December 2021 - Health funds have been told to reduce the increase on premiums next year, after Health Minister Greg ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2021
Updated 2021 – 22 cost recovery implementation statement
30 November 2021 - The 2021-22 Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and National Immunisation Plan Cost Recovery Implementation Statement has been updated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2021
Medicare premiums to jump in part due to pricey Alzheimer's drug
12 November 2021 - Seniors on Medicare will have to pay more than $20 more per month extra in premiums ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Nov 2021
Average family premiums for employer-based health insurance have jumped 47% in the last decade, outpacing wage growth and inflation
11 November 2021 - You’re not imagining the growing pinch to your budget from the cost of your workplace health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Oct 2021
Belgium may remove step between paying doctors and reimbursement
8 October 2021 - Doctors and dentists could soon choose to only charge patients for co-payments – the non-refundable part ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Oct 2021
Medical device reforms to lower health fund premiums
2 October 2021 - Health fund premium rises will be 20% lower next year, and the reason for the savings ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Aug 2021
Don’t want a vaccine? Be prepared to pay more for insurance.
2 August 2021 - America’s Covid-19 vaccination rate is at around 60 percent, for ages twelve and up. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2021
Hospital costs, not drug prices, are the real US health care scandal
27 July 2021 - Medical monopolies have allowed inflation to get out of hand, but American politicians are not paying attention. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jul 2021
PrEP, the HIV prevention pill, must now be totally free under almost all insurance plans
21 July 2021 - Insurers have been advised that they shouldn’t be charging for Truvada and Descovy as HIV prevention and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 11 Jul 2021
The growing problem of out of pocket costs and affordability in employer sponsored insurance
9 July 2021 - While policy makers and health leaders have appropriately focused on addressing the COVID-19 pandemic, underlying racial and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jul 2021
Hospitals often charge uninsured people the highest prices, new data show
6 July 2021 - Cash payers are often charged more than insurance companies for the same service by the same hospital, ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2021
Overcharging doctors exposed under Medical Cost Finder revamp
28 June 2021 - A new government website will expose Australian doctors who are overcharging their patients and reveal the stingiest ...