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    Tag: Private health insurance

    Bill shockers: $1099 for an IV push and other tales of US healthcare madness

    April 8, 2024

    If anyone needs a reason to be grateful for Australian healthcare — for all its current troubles — they can always look at life in…

    Health insurers want freedom to fund chronic disease management plans as hospital costs rise

    February 19, 2024

    Private health insurers have repeated calls for an end to legislation restricting their role in funding chronic disease management care. The issue resurfaced during the…

    Private health insurers ‘pocket huge profits’ while hospitals struggle

    August 24, 2023

    Private health insurers are under fire for pocketing “huge” profits while planning to raise premiums on some products by up to 8% and failing to…

    GP provider numbers and addresses caught in Medibank hack

    February 23, 2023

    Doctors who were not Medibank customers were targeted in last year’s hack, the insurer has revealed, with provider numbers and at least one home address…

    Medibank legal action to ‘test’ health privacy laws  

    January 18, 2023

    Lawyers will chase compensation for thousands of Medibank customers in what they describe as a potential test of privacy laws around health records. In October…

    Medibank extortion: Hackers start publishing names of women who’ve had abortions

    November 10, 2022

    Hackers are publishing the names of Medibank customers who received abortions or mental health treatment as they attempt to extort millions from the private health…

    Obstetricians take action against health insurers for their ‘criminal’ pregnancy cover

    August 11, 2022

    Associate Professor Gino Pecoraro says they're guilty of gender discrimination.

    AMA proposes new regulator for the private health sector

    July 1, 2022

    Reform is essential in the face of rising costs and under-60s abandoning private insurance coverage, the AMA says in a discussion paper.

    Dr Omar Khorshid

    Watchdog green-lights Honeysuckle Health mega-deal

    September 23, 2021

    The new buying group will deliver lower insurance premiums and improved services to consumers, the commission says.

    Call for doctors to face criminal charges for hiding full fees

    July 20, 2021

    Private Healthcare Australia wants new laws to criminalise the practice of split billing that aims to disguise the true cost of procedures.

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