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Buy a rural hospital for $100? Investors pick up struggling institutions for pennies

Some rural hospitals are in such bad shape, they're selling for next to nothing. One company is snapping several distressed or closed hospitals in rural Tennessee, hoping to turn a profit.

WEKU

Community health centers’ big profits raise questions about federal oversight

DARLINGTON, South Carolina — Just off the deserted town square, with its many boarded-up businesses, people lined up at the walk-up pharmacy window at Genesis Health Care, a federally funded clinic.

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Biden to sign massive climate, health care legislation

President Joe Biden is preparing to sign Democrats’ landmark climate change and health care bill

The Independent UK

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My vulnerable patients cannot pay large gap fees. Australia’s health system is failing them

Those who can’t afford quality healthcare often turn up in emergency departments – later and sicker. We are in big trouble

The Guardian - AU

Get set to pay more at the GP as doctors warn bulk-billing system will collapse without major Medicare overhaul

GPs are warning that your days of finding a bulk-billing doctor could be numbered, with some arguing that without a major injection of Medicare funding they will be forced to charge patients hefty out-of-pocket fees.

ABC News

Nurses are the solution to bulk-billing crisis, says peak body

They are a ‘threat to the back pocket of GPs’ – and that’s why nurses have been sidelined from the affordable healthcare debate, practitioners say

The Guardian - AU

Here’s Why It’s So Fkn Hard To Find A GP That Actually Bulk-Bills These Days

"GPs across the country are just saying that enough is enough."

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Bernie Sanders: ‘extremely modest’ spending bill fails to meet the moment

Leftwing senator says party squandered chance to be bold, and takes aim at ‘corporate Democrats’ Sinema and Manchin

The Guardian - US

House passes Inflation Reduction Act

"We've got more to do," Rep. Pramila Jayapal said on the House floor. "But today, let's celebrate this."

Salon

Rural Tasmanian ratepayers hit with levy to help councils keep GP clinic doors open

Ratepayers in rural areas around Tasmania are being slugged with a levy to prop up medical clinics, prompting fresh calls for the commonwealth to step in and help.

ABC News

US Congress passes spending bill in win for Biden administration

The bill has breathed life into the Democratic Party’s ambitions to retain control of Congress in upcoming elections.

Al Jazeera

House Democrats pass sweeping health care, tax and climate bill

WASHINGTON — House Democrats on Friday passed a sweeping health care, tax and climate change bill. Now they have to sell it.

Los Angeles Times

OLD House Democrats pass climate and health care bill on party-line vote, sending it to Joe Biden’s desk

Bill focuses on combating climate change, lowering the cost of prescription drugs and continues subsidies for health insurance

The Independent UK

House Democrats pass climate and health care bill on party-line vote, sending it to Joe Biden’s desk

Bill focuses on combating climate change, lowering the cost of prescription drugs and continues subsidies for health insurance

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The Guardian - US

US House passes Democrats’ landmark healthcare and climate bill

Biden is expected to quickly sign the legislation, which delivers a much-needed political victory for the party ahead of the midterms

The Guardian - AU

‘Treated as a third-class citizen’: patients who need Medicare most struggle to find a GP who bulk bills

As more doctors charge for appointments some people are being forced to limit GP visits or travel long distances for affordable care

The Independent UK

Inflation Reduction Act may have little impact on inflation

With inflation raging near its highest level in four decades, Congress is poised to approve President Joe Biden’s signature Inflation Reduction Act

Roll Call

Budget bill clears as Democrats seek to head off midterm losses - Roll Call

The House on Friday cleared a climate, health and tax package salvaging key parts of Democrats’ domestic agenda.

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The Independent UK

In Biden's big bill: Climate, health care, deficit reduction

The biggest investment ever in the U.S. to fight climate change

The Independent UK

House Dems set to overcome GOP for climate, health care win

A flagship Democratic economic bill is perched on the edge of House passage

USAFacts

Can Medicare negotiate the price of prescription drugs?

The ten most expensive drugs covered by Medicare are responsible for about a fifth of total Medicare drug spending.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Editorial: In the Inflation Reduction Act, a much-needed step toward lowering prescription drug costs

It's become tiresome to see progressive politicians act like a pouting teenager who seems to think it's a sin to ever admit satisfaction with anything. Their lukewarm reaction to Senate passage of the admittedly ill-named Inflation Reduction Act won't help energize the voters Democrats need to avoid conservatives regaining Congress…

The Guardian - AU

Why is my doctor no longer bulk billing and is Medicare in crisis?

Increasingly, GPs in Australia say the amount they are reimbursed is not enough to cover expenses, and they have little option but to pass costs on to patients

The Guardian - AU

‘Bulk billing is almost non-existent’: Tasmanian councils turn to ratepayers to prop up flailing GP clinics

Exclusive: A lack of federal support means several rural areas are using council rates to subsidise health services for vulnerable patients

The Guardian - AU

I’m off to Bali! It’s like the pandemic never happened. Except it did – and it hurt us all differently

My bag is scanned and gets pulled off for checking. No!!! Why did I pack a can of cold brew coffee?

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