Patients now pawns in private health care war
Revelations that hundreds of private hospitals are on the verge of going broke or being shut down have come as a shock to the public. But not to the healthcare industry.
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Vertical healthcare ‘leaves poor out in cold’
Plans by the country’s private health insurers to become health providers as well as funders is under fresh scrutiny as the shaky viability of private hospitals sparks calls for a fundamental review of the sector.
Dollars denied as diabetes runs riot
Governments have been pouring money into acute care that operates like an ambulance ‘at the bottom of the cliff’ yet refuse to offer long-term, secure funding for prevention programs.
Brinkmanship last resort for struggling private operators
It’s worth asking what vertically integrated healthcare would really mean for Australia and the egalitarianism in healthcare we pride ourselves on.
Health fund talks on life support
The country’s largest operator of non-profit private hospitals has sounded a warning on the crisis in private health as it threatens to walk away from negotiations with one of Australia’s biggest health funds.
Epidemic to lower life-span forecasts
The escalating diabetes epidemic threatens to plunge Australia’s life expectancy into reverse and push health systems to the brink of collapse.
Time to treat sugar the same way we do tobacco
Australia has so far utterly failed to combat the rising tide of obesity and Type 2 diabetes. It’s time to get serious.
Gender affirmative guidelines just an echo chamber: expert
The British paediatrician who carried out a world-leading review of care models for children experiencing gender distress says gender care guidelines are an ‘echo chamber’ with little evidence.
Revealed: exactly how much your specialist will charge
The fees of medical specialists around the country have been revealed publicly for the first time, with psychiatrists, obstetricians and paediatricians charging some of the highest fees in the nation | SEE HOW MUCH THEY CHARGE
Call for health insurance overhaul
Catholic hospitals are calling for a fundamental overhaul of the way private health insurance premium rises are calculated and approved.
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