Medicare
Adam Bandt pledges to supersize corporate taxes
To sweeten the deal, the Greens say much of the revenue would pay for cost-of-living measures, such as including dental cover in Medicare.
- by James Massola
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Bid to change ‘archaic’ IVF rules to include solo and same-sex parents
The definition of infertility to receive Medicare-funded fertility treatment requires couples to try to conceive through unprotected sex for one year.
- by Kate Aubusson
Minister vows to assess bulk-billing as Joondalup Hospital probe begins
The health department will join a review of hospital services, and what people pay for GPs in Perth’s north will be scrutinised, after the death of toddler Sandipan Dhar.
- by Jesinta Burton
How the budget affects you – from students to retirees
Young or old, single or married: this is how the 2024 budget will impact your life.
- by Rachel Clun and Olivia Ireland
How Emily took advantage of one of the few ‘good things’ to come out of COVID
Chemotherapy and a transplant makes it hard for Emily West to go outside, but a post-pandemic explosion in telehealth has made it easier for her to get the care she needs.
- by Angus Thomson
Adam welcomed dogs inside his cafe until he was told it was against the law
Sydney lord mayor wants dogs to be allowed inside cafes and pubs, as well as an expansion of subsidised vet services.
- by Andrew Taylor
Doctors fear Medicare reforms could ‘reproduce failures’ of UK health system
There are early signs of pushback as the government probes changes that would give pharmacists, nurses and others greater authority to prescribe medicines or make referrals.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
St John eyes expansion of urgent care network as Medicare clinics move in
When St John WA opened the doors to its urgent care clinics across suburban Perth to ease demand on overrun emergency departments, all you needed was your Medicare card.
- by Sarah Brookes
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Bulk-billing GP clinics disappear across many parts of Sydney
While Sydney’s most expensive gap fees were in Wentworth and Warringah, data shows, more than 75 per cent of GP clinics in nine Sydney electorates reported bulk-billing all of their patients.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Bulk-billing rates plummet across Victoria as more doctors charge for services
In several suburban Melbourne electorates, more than 20 per cent of clinics said they stopped bulk-billing all patients during last year.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos
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Services Australia
The government agency with a backlog of more than one million claims
Services Australia is grappling with 1.1 million unprocessed health and welfare claims. Its new boss David Hazlehurst wants to halve that by the middle of this year.
- by Caitlin Fitzsimmons
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