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Government of Canada signs Pharmacare agreement with Manitoba to improve affordable access to medications
27 February 2025 - Additional agreement will improve access and affordability of drugs for rare diseases. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Nov 2024
Insurer greed to inflict more financial pain on patients
22 November 2024 - Following Bupa and the Australian Health Services Alliance (AHSA)’s refusal to acknowledge the viability crisis impacting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2024
The sickest patients are fleeing private Medicare plans costing taxpayers billions
11 November 2024 - Medicare Advantage patients in the last year of life were far more likely to switch to traditional ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Sep 2024
Out of pocket GP costs soar 45 per cent for non-bulk billed patients
22 September 2024 - Australians who don’t get a bulk billed GP appointment are paying 45% more to see a ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2024
Private health sector on life support as patients’ care delayed
21 June 2024 - The health insurance industry is facing the growing prospect of unprecedented government intervention in its contracting ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 May 2024
Moving forward on Pharmacare for Canadians
24 May 2024 - Pharmacare legislation includes universal access to contraception and diabetes medications. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 10 May 2024
When will Canada have national pharmacare?
22 April 2024 - Canadians support it, public health demands it, now policy makers must deliver it. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Apr 2024
Oh, Canada: US patients don't want your health policies
29 April 2024 - There's never been a worse time to get sick in Canada. Our northern neighbors must wait ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Nov 2023
Cost plus drugs: an altruistic capitalist venture
15 November 2023 - In a country built on capitalist ideology, it’s no secret that the United States health care industry ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2023
Complexity in the US health care system is the enemy of access and affordability
26 October 2023 - Lack of insurance coverage, high costs, and poor outcomes are well documented problems in the US ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Nov 2023
Key Senate panel to consider PBM, drug pricing reform package
2 November 2023 - A key Senate panel announced it will consider more policies to regulate pharmacy middlemen and ensure ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 02 Nov 2023
Launch of the Australian Cancer Plan
2 November 2023 - Learn about the new Australian Cancer Plan, which aims to improve prevention, screening, treatment and management of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Oct 2023
How health care costs stopped rising
26 October 2023 - For a long time, health care was eating the world. From 1950 to 2009 American spending on ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Oct 2023
Paying for it: how health care costs and medical debt are making Americans sicker and poorer
26 October 2023 - Findings from the Commonwealth Fund 2023 Health Care Affordability Survey. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Oct 2023
We need a public option for pharmaceuticals
20 October 2023 - America is currently facing dual public health crises of record drug shortages and skyrocketing prices. ...