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Medicare overhaul targets doctor quality and affordability

GPs will receive government funding for longer appointments and more affordable care under a huge overhaul of Australia's Medicare system.

The New Daily

'Taking action now' on health reform, a national firearms register and an Adelaide burn — here's what happened at national cabinet

From tackling a struggling healthcare system, to a potential national firearms register, to a cheeky exchange between two premiers, here are the key moments from national cabinet.

ABC News

No firm movement on health funding as national cabinet briefed by ASIO on sovereign citizens — as it happened

Doctors are criticising recommended changes to the healthcare system after national cabinet announces it will wait until April to decide how to address issues in the sector — as it happened.

ABC News

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Coles and Woolworths ordered to dump more than 5,200 tonnes of soft plastic into landfill – as it happened

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The Guardian - AU

Some Medicare beneficiaries are surprised with premium surcharges, which can triple premiums

This surcharge—known as IRMAA—can be hefty.

Fortune

Leaders hunt for national solutions to health care woes

State and territory leaders hope innovative, national solutions to solve issues in health care will come out of a meeting with the prime minister.

AAP

End of public health emergency causes cascade of changes

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s plan to unwind the public health emergency tied to the COVID-19 pandemic will spur a whirlwind of changes related to telehealth, Medicaid, pharmaceuticals and other priorities.

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What’s new for Medicare in 2023?

A new year means changes to Medicare, including updated premiums and deductibles and sometimes big policy moves

The Independent UK

An improved My Health Record will be at centre of push to modernise primary healthcare

Better digital systems are to be discussed at national cabinet, while the AMA will call for stronger safeguards to protect patient data

The Guardian - AU

End of public health emergency causes cascade of changes - Roll Call

The public health emergency created an array of health flexibilities, impacting everything from Medicaid to telehealth coverage.

Roll Call

Medicare is about to get a historic overhaul. What does that mean?

Anthony Albanese and state premiers will negotiate a plan to radically overhaul Medicare on Friday as new figures show Australians' waiting times for

The New Daily

What will change once federal COVID-19 emergency ends in May?

The pandemic increased health care coverage, boosted telehealth, beefed up food assistance and offered universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests. On May 11, President Joe Biden plans to end the emergencies declared for the pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times

Productivity Commission Report reveals Australians delaying vital health care because of cost

The number of Australians who delayed or avoided seeing their doctor because they could not afford it soared by almost 50 per cent in the past year, new figures have revealed.

ABC News

Top-level talks on remedy for rising health care costs

Anthony Albanese wants federal, state and territory healthcare systems to work together better but faces calls from leaders to increase Commonwealth spending.

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McCarthy, Biden to meet in hopes of avoiding debt limit debacle

WASHINGTON — When Speaker Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., meets President Joe Biden on Wednesday to discuss the debt limit, there are some structural advantages in favor of emerging from the fight this summer without tanking financial markets that didn’t exist in 2011, a similar moment in U.S. political history.

Salon

It’s "telehealth vs. no care"

Telehealth use among Medicare beneficiaries grew from less than 1% pre-pandemic to more than 32% in April 2020

The Conversation

I helped balance the federal budget in the 1990s – here's just how hard it will be for the GOP to achieve that same rare feat

Kevin McCarthy reportedly promised many things to Republican hardliners en route to clinching his job as speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. One of them was a “balanced budget” in 10 years.

Salon

They openly ripped off Medicare

Health plans will be allowed to pocket hundreds of millions of dollars in overcharges for audits before 2018

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Karl Smith: Republican tax proposals aren’t as bonkers as they sound

Among the many concessions Kevin McCarthy agreed to in order to become speaker of the House is one that would give the so-called Fair Tax Act a full hearing on Capitol Hill. To describe the bill as radical would be an understatement. Not only would it abolish the Internal Revenue…

AAP

Urgent care clinics due soon amid health reform calls

The government's new urgent care clinics are designed to ease pressure on hospital emergency departments but doctors have cast doubt on whether they will.

Tribune News Service

White House to send its budget to Congress in early March

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will send its budget for the next fiscal year up to Capitol Hill on March 9, according to a memo from top White House aides.

Tribune News Service

McCarthy to gather with fellow Republicans before Biden meeting on debt limit

WASHINGTON — Hours before House Speaker Kevin McCarthy meets with President Joe Biden to discuss the approaching U.S. debt ceiling crisis, he’ll preside over a closed-door session with fellow Republicans to discuss strategy.

AAP

Mum will be jailed for $180,000 Medicare fraud

A Melbourne mum with a conviction for defrauding a hospital will go to jail after admitting she defrauded Medicare of $180,000 in dodgy patient claims.

The Guardian - AU

Prescription powers and Medicare rebate up for debate as premiers push for healthcare reform

State and territory leaders outline their wishlists before national cabinet meets on Friday

The Independent UK

How will life change once the COVID-19 emergency ends?

The declaration of a COVID-19 public health emergency three years ago changed the lives of millions of Americans by offering increased health care coverage, beefed-up food assistance and universal access to coronavirus vaccines and tests

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