Medicare
Telehealth: The pros and cons for regional communities
In March this year, the Federal government announced a range of Medicare subsidies for telehealth services in an effort to......
Health experts call to remove telehealth restrictions
After expanding Medicare coverage for a range of telehealth services due to COVID-19, the Federal Government restricted coverage for sexual......
Why Bulk-billing GP’s are few and far between
Studies show 10.9 million Australians incurred out-of-pocket costs for non-hospital Medicare services in the last few years. As funding issues......
More Medicare-funded treatment for people living with eating disorders
The Federal Government has committed to more Medicare-funded treatment and support services for people living with eating disorders. The services......
GP’s to abandon aged care patients due to financial disparity
The Australian Medical Association’s fourth annual Aged Care Survey has revealed that one in three doctors or general practitioners were......
PrEP introduced in the PBS: Is HIV losing the battle?
From the 1 April, the pre-exposure prophylaxis pill (better known as PrEP) will be part of the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme......
Medicare Data Leaked and Sold on the Dark Web
In a report released by the Guardian today, new findings have revealed how a ‘darknet’ trader is selling Medicare patient......
Labor’s Medicare scare campaign backfires
In the lead up to the federal election, Bill Shorten has been firing shots at the Coalition, accusing them of......
Frozen medicare indexation: co-payment by stealth?
A two year extension to the medicare rebate indexation pause has been announced in the federal budget, extending it to 2020. The pause......
New medicare cap affects the cost of birthing and IVF
As of next year, families will have to pay an $550 to have their baby in the private health system,......