Earlier this year the Senate passed a Greens motion calling on the Federal Government to ensure safe, surgical abortions are available in public hospitals across Australia. The motion called... Read more
The Consumers Health Forum of Australia recently published the results of its survey on Out of Pocket Pain which drew 1,200 responses. It said that the survey report Out of Pocket Pain and... Read more
What if the shift to an inequitable two-tier health system in Australia generated a level of public outrage similar to that seen when news broke about cricket cheating? In the article below,... Read more
The legalities and practicalities behind bulk billing generally are not well understood, but Margaret Faux, a lawyer and CEO of one of Australia’s largest medical billing companies, ai... Read more
It is quite possible that reading this article about the complexities of medical fees will furrow your brow and possibly even give you a headache. The issues it canvasses left at least one h... Read more
In her previous post in our #OutOfPocket series, Margaret Faux acquainted us with Section 51(xxiiiA) of the Australian Constitution, which enshrines doctors’ right to set their own fees, reg... Read more
(Introduction by Croakey) Out of pocket healthcare costs are set to be one of the health politics/policy issues for 2018. Even the Government is finally acknowledging that out of pocket cost... Read more
The creation of a new committee to look at out of pocket health care costs has been welcomed by stakeholders but who are the ‘real’ experts when it comes to the affordability of health care?... Read more