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Doorstop interview in Launceston
28 October 2019 - Minister Hunt talking about new medicine listings on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme and other health issues. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Oct 2019
Blair had private health insurance — but his cancer treatment still cost almost $1,000 a week
24 October 2019 - It is Anzac Day 2017, and Blair Meldrum cannot get out of bed. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Oct 2019
The breakthrough cancer, mental health and arthritis medicines that will never be subsidised
19 October 2019 - News Corporation's national health reported claims that cancer, mental health and arthritis drugs approved for the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 29 Sep 2019
Half a million Aussies to get cheaper drugs thanks to new PBS inclusions
30 September 2019 - New inclusions to the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme will see half a million Australian patients get access ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Sep 2019
Push for blood cancer breakthrough
1 September 2019 - Health Minister Greg Hunt says a new task force will help with the management of blood ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 23 Aug 2019
Australia’s deadliest cancer has a new treatment
23 August 2019 - A powerful new combination treatment for Australia’s deadliest cancer has been approved for subsidy in a move ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Aug 2019
Life-saving cancer treatments could help 41,000 Aussies but they aren’t funded
20 August 2019 - Alisanne Ride was given six months to live before she started an expensive treatment that eliminated the ...
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 28 Jul 2019
Cancer patients to benefit from subsidies for new medicines
27 July 2019 - Patients will save tens of thousands of dollars a year on the cost of life saving cancer ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 01 Jul 2019
Delays a matter of life and death
1 July 2019 - The shocking news that Aussie cancer patients are facing long waits for essential medicines is cause for ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Jun 2019
Why it takes five years for life saving medicines to get funded
30 June 2019 - Cancer patients are waiting up to five years to access life-saving medicines as spending on the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Jun 2019
Agenda for the August 2019 PBAC intracycle meeting
27 June 2019 - The agenda for the PBAC meeting to be held on 23 August 2019 is now available. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Jun 2019
Why the Coalition must adopt Labor’s cancer plans
19 June 2019 - As cancer doctors, we know the hardest words we can say to our patients are “you ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 Jun 2019
The EORTC Quality of Life Questionnaire for cancer patients (QLQ‐C30): Australian general population reference values
17 June 2019 - Mercieca‐Bebber and colleagues set out generate Australian general population reference values for the EORTC Quality of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 12 Jun 2019
Incorporating future medical costs: impact on cost-effectiveness analysis in cancer patients
12 June 2019 - The inclusion of future medical costs in cost-effectiveness analyses remains a controversial issue. ...