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- Oct 21, 2024
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This Month
Health insurers warn of closures without 6pc premium hike
Health funds have asked Labor to allow big premium rises as the amount they charge policyholders is not keeping pace with healthcare inflation.
- Michael Smith
First private nurses strikes, as ‘Pied Piper’ effect hits
The first strikes by medical staff at private hospitals follow mass walkouts at public medical centres by nurses as wages pressure bleeds from one sector to another.
- David Marin-Guzman
Private hospitals warn of more closures after Labor refuses bailout
Health Minister Mark Butler has told struggling private hospital operators to sort out their own problems and resolve differences with insurers.
- Michael Smith
October
Insurer HCF bows to NSW pressure on hospital bed rates
Insurers say they are being held hostage by the NSW government which is threatening to hike taxes if they do not pay more to use public hospital beds.
- Michael Smith
Labor hints it will not back steep rise in health insurance premiums
Health Minister Mark Butler says insurers seeking premium increases may be asked to “sharpen their pencils” as cost-of-living pressures bite.
- Michael Smith
The mental health crisis gripping Australia’s private hospitals
Some health insurers say stand-alone mental health hospitals are unlikely to exist in 10 years’ time given the challenges they face.
- Jemima Whyte and Michael Smith
Ramsay calls for insurance shake-up as hospital bailout hopes sink
Ramsay Health Care says it is not expecting the federal government to bail out loss-making hospitals.
- Michael Smith
Hospitals says insurance premium hikes will not fix funding crisis
Private hospital operators also call for changes to the way in which the funding insurers contribute to the healthcare system is calculated.
- Michael Smith
Fund private hospitals or risk patient safety: surgeons
Surgeons and other medical specialists say the government must help bail out private hospitals and reform the way insurers fund the system.
- Michael Smith
Morgan Stanley’s research franks itself
The global banking giant’s equity strategists want to start a “conversation” about excess franking credits. If it can decide who has them.
- Mark Di Stefano
Rio Tinto, REA, JB Hi-Fi sitting on franking credit war chest
Morgan Stanley has identified the companies with the highest level of franking credits on their balance sheets. Releasing them is not so easy.
- Joanne Tran
September
‘At tipping point’: Inside one of Australia’s busiest hospitals
Doctors and nurses in Australia’s busiest emergency ward say the system is under unprecedented pressure amid a surge in mental illness and geriatric patients with nowhere else to go.
- Michael Smith
Is private equity unhealthy for our hospitals?
Billions of dollars have poured into healthcare assets over the past decade. Some warn that style of investing is incompatible with essential services.
- Michael Smith
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Playing Solomon on bitter divisions in private health
Health Minister Mark Butler’s review must eventually produce healthier private hospitals and health insurers that pass on the benefits in lower premiums.
- The AFR View
- Exclusive
- Healthcare
‘Bupa is bleeding us dry’: Healthscope CEO steps up insurer attacks
Australia’s second-biggest hospital group will launch an advertising campaign on Wednesday accusing insurers of under-funding healthcare.
- Michael Smith
Investors have moved away on private hospitals, industry warns
Investors in private hospital developments have shifted away from the sector, further heaping pressure on the healthcare system.
- James Hall and Michael Smith
WA calls for urgent action on private health funding crisis
The WA government says the nation’s private healthcare system needs immediate reforms, with the state’s health minister lamenting fundamental problems in the sector.
- Tom Rabe and Michael Smith
- Exclusive
- Healthcare
Health Department review finds private hospitals ‘uninvestable’
The preliminary findings, which have not been made public, come as Labor MPs grow concerned that the government is failing to fix a crisis in the system.
- Michael Smith
August
Private patients face Ramsay hospital lockout
The nation’s largest private hospital operator said it would refuse to deal with health insurers that did not agree to cover a bigger portion of surging costs.
- Michael Smith
NIB says plan to fix hospital pricing ‘crazy’ as funding tensions grow
Insurers and hospitals are split on how to fix their acrimonious pricing negotiations as government reviews private health.
- Michael Smith