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31 May 2023 - Private insurers are calling for structural reform of the health system to enable more patients to ...

6 August 2022 - Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has acknowledged there will be “terrible consequences” if general practice continues ...

5 August 2022 - Doctors have warned that the ­nation is facing the “collapse of bulk billing” in general practice, ...

4 August 2022 - Seven years ago I called my private health company and told them I was done.  ...

3 August 2022 - Mark Butler finds himself in an uncomfortable position after Australia’s biggest private hospital operator Ramsay terminated ...

24 November 2021 - Corporate insurers collected a staggering $1.8 billion in profits over the past year by collecting more in ...

6 June 2021 - More Australians than ever are getting the medical care they need at no cost to themselves, with ...

19 November 2019 - Reforms to the cost of medical devices have failed to deliver a promised $250m in savings ...

14 November 2019 - Australia's health insurers are putting pressure on the federal government to overhaul how much they pay ...

23 October 2019 - After the lowest annual increases in 18 years, relief appears to have been short-lived. ...

22 August 2019 - The medical devices industry is pushing back against further reforms to lower the cost of hip ...

15 August 2019 - Pharmacists are pushing the Morrison government for changes to the Medicare system to allow Australians to ...

17 June 2019 - Australians living with chronic pain would have access to up to 20 Medicare-funded services each year ...

26 June 2018 - Surgical volume growth in Australian hospitals is slowing, in another warning sign about the health of ...