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New Medicare reforms won't fix everything but they start to tackle the system's biggest problems

Federal Health Minister Mark Butler has long said Medicare is in the worst shape it’s been in decades. Premiers have come to successive national cabinet meetings saying primary care is failing – and demanding reform and investment.

The Conversation

Feds: Hospitals that denied emergency abortion broke the law

A first-of-its-kind federal investigation has found two hospitals put a pregnant woman's life in jeopardy and violated federal law by refusing to provide an emergency abortion when she experienced premature labor at 17 weeks

The Independent UK

NDIS head promises to protect vulnerable amid cost cap

Australian governments are working to make the NDIS more sustainable as spending on the scheme is on track to overtake Medicare by the middle of the decade.

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Afternoon Update: PM pledges billions for healthcare overhaul; Lehrmann free to pursue defamation; and a Cleopatra controversy

National cabinet agrees to measures including Medicare changes and plans to address rental crisis

The Guardian - AU

Budget billions promised to reform Medicare, rental markets and rein in NDIS

Health and housing main national cabinet priorities this year.

The Canberra Times

PM unveils $2bn federal budget boost for healthcare

Anthony Albanese has announced a $2.2 billion healthcare package to support workers, boost nurse numbers and improved after-hours care.

The New Daily

Boost to health measures agreed at national cabinet

State and territory leaders have agreed on changes to health systems, the NDIS and other areas at the latest national cabinet meeting.

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Woodside chair claims investments at risk; food delivery service Providoor collapses – as it happened

Gourmet food delivery service placed into liquidation

The Guardian - AU

How to Financially Get Through A Layoff

Losing your job can be traumatic, but it doesn’t have to wreck your finances.

Kiplinger

‘Down payment’: Medicare set for overhaul as budget looms – but will it be enough?

The Albanese government is set to make inroads in overhauling Medicare in the May budget, with a new funding model slated to be detailed.

The New Daily

House, Senate craft separate health care packages - Roll Call

A deal announced this week on a series of drug pricing bills could be a sign of progress an issue that has bedeviled both parties.

Roll Call

Good Luck Paying for Those $10,000 Obesity Drugs Everyone’s Talking About

Ozempic, Wegovy and Mounjaro can cause dramatic weight loss, and could create a market worth $150 billion a year.

Businessweek

McCarthy makes a dirty deal with MAGA

Kevin McCarthy's debt limit deal with MAGA will make life for Americans much worse

Salon

Feds wrote $128M in duplicate checks to docs, report finds

The federal government wrote duplicate checks to doctors who provided care for veterans, costing taxpayers $128 million in extra payments over the last five years, according to a new watchdog report out this week

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As Biden, McCarthy butt heads on debt, what are differences?

There are stark differences in how President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy want to shore up the government’s finances

Fortune

Prior authorization rules are stressful for Medicare Advantage customers

Millions of prior authorization requests are denied every year, leaving some Medicare Advantage customers without adequate care. But changes are coming to fix this.

The Guardian - AU

Doctors v pharmacists: who benefits from Australia’s turf war over prescriptions?

Queensland pilot program has been made permanent with Victoria and NSW to begin similar trials

The Guardian - AU

‘They just go to Thailand’: the long and costly wait for gender-affirming surgery in Australia

Transgender Australians seeking lower body procedures can go to just a handful of local surgeons. It means long waits, huge costs and difficult decisions

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If you live in a bulk-billing ‘desert’ it's hard to see a doctor for free. Here's how to fix this

GP fees are hitting more Australians than they did a few years ago. There’s a lot of talk about a crisis in bulk billing, with many people reporting they’re unable to see a doctor without paying an out-of-pocket fee.

AAP

Calls to reinstate telehealth, a lifeline in the bush

Doctors want the government to reinstate Medicare items for long telephone consultations in the budget, saying rural and vulnerable patients are left behind.

The Guardian - AU

ACT becomes first Australian jurisdiction to offer free universal access to abortions

The healthcare program will be available for both surgical and medical abortions up to 16 weeks’ gestation

Pedestrian.tv

HUGE: Abortion Just Became Free In Canberra Okay All The Other States, Who’s Next?

Pregnant people will be able to access free abortions up to 16 weeks — and you won't even need a Medicare card.

ABC News

Federal electorates where no GPs offer bulk-billing revealed as doctors call for rebate changes

Jasmine Davies packed up and moved when she was unable to find a bulk-billing GP in Newcastle. Despite being NSW's largest regional city, it's one of four federal electorates where no GPs offer the concession.

Tribune News Service

McCarthy touts measure that would 'responsibly raise' debt limit, looks to a vote next week

WASHINGTON — House Republicans unveiled legislation Wednesday to pair their favored spending cuts and energy and regulatory policies with a debt limit increase lasting through early next year.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

DeSantis ready to fire back at Trump over Social Security, Medicare attacks

Donald Trump and his allies have already made a habit of going after Ron DeSantis over Social Security and Medicare.

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