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Health Minister Mark Butler and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will unveil Labor’s major plans for health reform on Sunday.

All Australians to get bulk-billing boost under Labor’s $8.5b plans for health reform

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will make it cheaper to see a doctor by paying GPs more if they bulk-bill all adult patients in a major election pitch to middle Australia.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

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GPs believe this one change to bulk-billing could save Australians $42 a visit

Analysis suggests that extending bulk-billing incentives to under-35s would save young people $42 a visit in average doctor’s fees, while preventing 9000 hospitalisations.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
The raft of health investments will give direct financial relief to at least half a million Australian women.

HRT, contraceptive pills to cost less in major women’s health pledge

It will also be cheaper for women to get long-acting contraceptives and menopause assessments, in a significant package that Labor says will save women thousands of dollars.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announce the measures on Wednesday.

PM throws states a $1.7 billion lifeline to save hospitals

The Albanese government seeks to prove its commitment to Medicare before the upcoming election – while holding out on a fresh five-year deal with the states.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos
The treatment of children and adolescents experiencing gender dysphoria is back in the news following the closure of a prominent gender clinic in the UK.

Puberty blockers and treatments for trans youth under review

The federal government has ordered the review to come up with new guidelines for the treatment of trans and gender diverse children.

  • Michael Bachelard and Mike Foley
Composite index of British nurse Megan Hamill, for a story on new fast-track pathway for nurses from Ireland, the UK, United States, Singapore, Spain, and the Canadian provinces of British Columbia and Ontario

Megan found an ideal mix of money and lifestyle. Many more will be following her

Megan Hamill moved to Australia chasing sunshine and better wages. Thousands of other nurses like her will soon be fast-tracked to address workforce shortages.

  • Angus Thomson
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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

Health insurers want to raise prices. How far will Labor let them go?

Health Minister Mark Butler said he was “not inclined” to approve any of the proposed premium rises that insurers had requested, sending them back to the drawing board.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

What bulk-billing? The group missing out on cheaper GP visits

Children and older Australians were better off last year under the government’s $3.5 billion boost to bulk-billing. But adults aged 16 to 64 are paying more.

  • Natassia Chrysanthos

Bulk-billing at centre of Labor election pitch, attack on Dutton

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is gearing up to make major boosts to bulk-billing, urgent care clinics and the GP workforce, playing up a contrast to Peter Dutton.

  • Paul Sakkal and Natassia Chrysanthos

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