Aussie cancer patients forced to pay 500k to save lives
Australia’s medicine subsidy scheme is so crippled by delay a staggering 10,000 patients a year are being forced to fund their own lifesaving cancer treatment.
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$3500 a day to give birth with a doctor you’ve never met
A Queensland mum is one of many women who’ve been affected by public maternity wards going on bypass, as they fail to cope with demand caused by private hospital closures.
Private hospitals on verge of collapse; closures begin
Tens of thousands of public patients are waiting more than a year for surgery as the overstretched hospital system is flooded with private patients. See which hospitals are affected and have shut.
Breakthrough could prevent deadly childhood cancer
A childhood cancer that claims the lives of half its victims could be prevented thanks to an amazing discovery by Australian researchers.
Major win for children suffering from deadly cancer
Lifesaving treatment for a deadly childhood cancer will now be free after it was revealed desperate families were trying to raise up to $500k for help overseas.
NIB health fund price hike at 10 hospitals: See the list
Health fund members will be slugged with a price hike for private hospital care after contract negotiations between a major insurer and a major hospital group broke down.
Major chemist refuses to sell vapes as backlash erupts
A major pharmacy chain has written to its outlets saying it would not support Labor’s plan to allow the sale of vapes without a medical prescription as backlash continues.
Big problem with My Aged Care website
The My Aged Care website is a minefield of mistakes, with some homes reportedly spending just four cents per day on food per resident if the data is to be believed.
The ‘heart breaking’ quest to find my dad an aged care bed
Too many frail elderly Aussies like my dad are forced to take up a hospital bed while they wait for aged care, writes Sue Dunlevy. And some are still waiting after six months.
Aged care homes ‘gouging’ money from Aussie taxpayers
Aged care homes have been blasted for “gouging as much money as humanly possible from the taxpayer and going after the assets of those people who are in their care”. See how they do it.
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