Australia is being menaced by managed care: We’d be foolish to ignore the warning signs
They say everything is bigger in America — cars, coffee cups, and, as I recently saw firsthand, corporate control over healthcare. The US health system…
Tag: Private health insurance
Managed care or managed scare? Private health insurer wants to open 130 medical clinics within three years
One of Australia’s biggest private health insurers is rejecting claims that its plan to build a network of 130 medical centres risks undermining patient care.…
Greed, immorality and the big US healthcare scam — Dr Glaucomflecken’s warning to Aussie doctors
“If you’re thinking about making a change to your healthcare system, before you make that decision, ask yourself one question first.” “Does America do that…
Mark Butler will bring back private health cover for alternative medicine ‘as soon as possible’
The Federal Government has agreed to lift the ban on private health insurers funding naturopathy, yoga, Western herbal medicine and tai chi, says the Minister…
Let insurers fund naturopathy again, says govt review led by Professor Michael Kidd
A long-delayed review of the ban on private health insurers funding 16 alternative therapies has recommended lifting the ban for seven of them. The ban…
We will publish the fees each individual specialist is charging: Mark Butler’s pledge
A re-elected Labor Government will publish the fees that individual non-GP specialists are charging for common services, Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler…
Call to make Govt’s medical fee website ‘opt-out only’ for specialists
Private health insurers want the Federal Government’s $24 million specialist fee website to go opt-out only, forcing doctors to publish their fees unless they proactively…
Mark Butler rules out private health insurers subsidising GP visits, warning of ‘two-tier system in basic general practice’
The Minister for Health and Aged Care has “no plans” to let private health insurers subsidise GP care to compensate for Medicare’s shortfalls. Journalists asked…
Private hospitals want $1.3 billion taxpayer bailout or patients to pay $200 fee for every admission
Private hospitals warn facilities will close unless the Federal Government hands over a bailout of $1.3 billion, or allow them to charge patients up to…
We should not allow private insurers to fund GP consultations
Australia’s second-largest private health insurer, Bupa, has recently started offering its members three free GP telehealth consultations a year. This follows other insurers, such as nib, offering…
