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Medical devices pushing private health expenses
19 November 2019 - Reforms to the cost of medical devices have failed to deliver a promised $250m in savings ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 Nov 2019
To lower costs, Trump to force hospitals to reveal price of care
15 November 2019 - The Trump administration on Friday announced it would begin forcing hospitals to publicly disclose the discounted ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Nov 2019
Health funds pressure Canberra over $700 million medical devices 'failure'
14 November 2019 - Australia's health insurers are putting pressure on the federal government to overhaul how much they pay ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Nov 2019
13% of Americans say they know someone who died after they couldn't afford health care, survey says
12 November 2019 - More than 13% of Americans -- about 34 million people -- say a friend or family ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Nov 2019
Hospital sticker prices can rise faster than inflation
12 November 2019 - U.S. hospitals’ sticker prices for two common sources of surprise medical bills have climbed far faster ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Nov 2019
NZ man Levi Holley selling his belongings to pay for brain cancer treatment
9 November 2019 - It started as a little nagging pain. It turned out to be an incurable brain tumour. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 09 Nov 2019
With medical bills skyrocketing, more hospitals are suing for payment
8 November 2019 - When a judge hears civil cases at the courthouse in this southwest Virginia town two days ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2019
Innovation and access at the mercy of payment policy: the future of chimeric antigen receptor therapies
1 November 2019 - In 2017, the US FDA approved the first chimeric antigen receptor therapies (CAR-Ts), tisagenlecleucel and axicabtagene ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Nov 2019
Medibank chief Craig Drummond lashes suppliers
6 November 2019 - Medibank Private boss Craig Drummond has taken aim at the ballooning medical costs he believes are ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 24 Sep 2019
Aussies struggle as health care costs skyrocket
25 September 2019 - Aussies are delaying crucial health care as a shocking new report reveals just how much more they ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 14 Sep 2019
The U.S. health care system found a way to make peanuts cost $4,200
13 September 2019 - A new, billion-dollar pharmaceutical to treat peanut allergies is up for approval. It’s simply peanut flour. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
'Outrageously expensive': new drug approval will cost Ontario family 100K per year
30 August 2019 - Drug cost jumped from $5,000 to more than $100,000 per year. ...
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 15 Aug 2019
The financial cost of a cancer diagnosis leaves many patients in poverty
15 August 2019 - When Jane was diagnosed with bowel cancer 12 months ago she knew the physical and mental ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Aug 2019
Vaccinating our kids shouldn’t be this hard
3 August 2019 - It cost about $600, a frustrating 30 or so phone calls to pharmacies and several trips ...