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The Latest Breaking News from Francesco Paolucci

Australian health insurance premiums just had their biggest hike in a decade. Is it time to scrap private health cover?

Government incentives continue to drive people to take out cover merely to avoid tax penalties

The Guardian - AU

The fall of Healthscope: bad luck, bad decisions, or is Australia’s private health model sick?

Rising costs, the Covid pandemic and an ageing population all played a part in the hospital giant’s collapse, which has prompted debate about the sector’s future

The Guardian - AU

NSW Health could save $35m a year by giving psychiatrists a 25% pay rise, modelling suggests

Exclusive: Figures assume pay rise would entice psychiatrists back to work and reduce state’s reliance on casual doctors over four years

The Guardian - AU

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Cost to see a GP will keep rising, unless big changes occur

'Universal primary healthcare no longer exists in Australia.'

Newcastle Herald

Bad medicine: damning report shows healthcare 'out of reach for too many'

Thousands of people in the Hunter can't afford to see a GP.

Newcastle Herald

'It really can happen to anyone': what is the price of a human life?

Mental health system under-resourced, reactive and crisis-driven.

Newcastle Herald

Hunter's bulk-billing decline revealed: it's Medicare but not as we know it

Medicare bulk-billing system was supposed to be 'universal'.

Newcastle Herald

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Private hospital plan emerges for Newcastle, despite sector's ill health

Healthcare demand was rising and 'will keep growing in future'.

Newcastle Herald

Reduce pressure on 'out-of-pocket' health spending

Healthcare costs were 'rising faster than inflation'.

Newcastle Herald

Splitting headache: Why dividing Hunter New England Health 'doesn't add up'

The numbers behind the de-centralisation of Hunter New England health services don't add up, says health economist

Newcastle Herald

Economics experts debate health system funding reform

The ever-challenging post-COVID era is driving rising pressure on global health systems.

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