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Healthscope hospital pic.

‘Over my dead body’: Fight to keep Healthscope’s hospitals alive just getting started

Just what will it take to ensure the lights stay on at 37 hospitals employing 18,000 staff across Australia? We are about to find out.

  • Colin Kruger

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Healthcare workers are already exhausted after two years on the front lines of the pandemic.

The unholy alliance against new laws that ‘disproportionately’ impact women

Liberal MPs have joined unions in warning that changes to workers’ compensation laws would have a disproportionate impact on women.

  • Alexandra Smith
Luigi Mangione.

Trump administration seeks death penalty for alleged CEO killer Luigi Mangione

US Attorney-General Pam Bondi said it was part of Donald Trump’s agenda “to stop violent crime and Make America Safe Again”.

  • Michael Koziol
Health insurance costs are increasing, but there can be some ways to dodge the hikes.

How to avoid a double whammy to your private health premiums next month

In just over two weeks, there will be yet another hit to the hip pockets of millions of Aussies: private health insurance premiums will go up.

  • Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Sydney woman Luan Lawrenson-Woods paid $30,000 in out-of-pocket fees for surgeries and treatment related to breast cancer despite having private health insurance.

One in five patients skip treatment due to out-of-pocket costs

The survey also found 40 per cent of private hospital patients were being slugged with out-of-pocket specialist fees of more than $1000 – and many weren’t informed of all costs in advance.

  • Broede Carmody and Henrietta Cook
Emma Burridge Mother and acupuncturist. Story on birth centres at Private hospitals. Daughter Delilah assisting with lighting.

Emma ditched her expensive health cover but a new plan could get her back

Expectant mothers could have their pregnancy managed by a midwife or GP under a radical proposal to make private maternity care more affordable.

  • Angus Thomson
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Emergency waiting room at a hospital.

Who pays for COVID’s victims? Ultimately, we all do

Even if you do not care about the health of others, there is a self-interested reason to want fewer people spending months of their lives in private hospitals.

  • The Herald's View
Generic hospital photos of John Fawkner Hospital in Moreland Friday 22 November 2024. Photo AFR/ LUIS ENRIQUE ASCUI

Spinal surgery, aged care, long COVID: Australia’s most expensive hospital stays revealed

Private health funds are becoming particularly concerned about the burden of long COVID on the health system, five years since the pandemic began.

  • Angus Thomson
Surgeons in the operating room

IBAC probes claims sick patients languished as surgeons chased fees

In one case a woman who was critically unwell in the intensive care unit waited from 8.30am until late afternoon for surgery to treat a potentially deadly infection.

  • Henrietta Cook and Broede Carmody
Ryan Millar takes a nap at work.

This Perth office is encouraging naps at work. Here’s why yours should too

Ever wished you could duck somewhere for a quick kip at work? Staff at this Perth workplace can, and the results may surprise you.

  • Claire Ottaviano

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