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Brad Hazzard’s call to stop free health care for tourists and visitors
6 September 2018 - All visitors to Australia will be required to have health insurance under a NSW government proposal ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2018
Patients being bled by specialists as out-of-pocket costs surge
30 August 2018 - Health insurance giant Medibank has warned that one in eight of its customers is being forced ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Aug 2018
Life-changing drug Spinraza for spinal muscular atrophy patients costing adults at least $500,000
29 August 2018 - In a small lounge in Essendon, with his parents by his side, Chris Kessaris sat in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Aug 2018
High and random medical gap costs revealed
16 August 2018 - The random scale and nature of out of pocket fees charged by medical specialists revealed in ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2018
Calls to make cancer drugs more affordable
14 August 2018 - Cancer patients and oncologists are calling for more cancer drugs to be subsidised on the PBS amid ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Aug 2018
Melbourne man spends $80,000 on the miracle cancer drug that saved his life
13 August 2018 - Diagnosed with Stage 4 lung cancer in 2017, John Burke should, in his words, be “gone ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jul 2018
Fears health premium cap may threaten insurers viability
27 July 2018 - The health insurance industry regulator and Department of Health have privately raised concerns that Labor’s proposed ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jul 2018
‘Gravy train’ of private health to run off rails
5 July 2018 - Australia’s private healthcare sector is set to come under further pressure, with the “gravy train” fast ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2018
Private health insurance a hard sell to Medicare generation
30 June 2018 - The Coalition’s health insurance reforms are needed to prevent a decade-long decline in the sector, according ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Jun 2018
'Not at a crisis point yet': Doctors defend going private to give birth
29 June 2018 - A decline in the numbers of women giving birth through the private health system, and associated ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 25 Jun 2018
Grudge against health premiums grows-ACCC
25 June 2018 - The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has shed light on skyrocketing private health insurance premiums and it's ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 21 Jun 2018
Ramsay's profit downgrade a sign of trouble in health
21 June 2018 - Ramsay Health Care's profit is ominous because it adds to the evidence that Australia's private health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2018
Health care at critical point, says Medibank
20 June 2018 - Medibank boss Craig Drummond warns the health care sector is at a critical point as he ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Jun 2018
Private health insurers already using Labor policy as a threat in negotiations
6 June 2018 - Health insurers are already using the threat of Labor's cap on annual premium rises to apply ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jun 2018
Private patients in public beds pushing up costs: Hunt
5 June 2018 - Greg Hunt says some Victorian hospitals capitalised on patients with private health insurance to supplement their income. ...