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Victorian animal rights MP proposes 'Veticare' scheme to offer public care for pets and animals

Vet care in Victoria would become free or subsidised under a bold proposal from the Animal Justice Party, which wants introduce a Medicare system for animals dubbed "Veticare", to make seeing a vet more affordable and accessible.

ABC News

Biden poised to deliver on decades-long Democratic promise

Medicare may soon be able to negotiate the price of at least a few drugs.

Axios

NSW town’s pop-up Covid vaccine clinic almost called off because of ‘ridiculous’ Medicare rule

Rule that nurses must be supervised for clinics to be reimbursed nearly caused ‘health disaster’ when rural GP had to isolate, expert says

The Guardian - AU

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Manchin pitches Democrats’ tax-climate bill to silent Sinema

Senator Joe Manchin, the architect of the Democrats’ new tax, climate and drugs bill, made a public pitch to his colleague Kyrsten Sinema to get on board with the legislation, arguing that it doesn’t raise taxes.

Tribune News Service

Man hospitalised without Medicare after being set ablaze shows precarity of Pacific Island fruit pickers

Sione Lavalu lost his health insurance after Covid stranded him in Australia and now owes $79,000 after suffering major burns

The Guardian - AU

Hospices have become big business for private equity firms, raising concerns about end-of-life care

Hospice care, once provided primarily by nonprofit agencies, has seen a remarkable shift over the past decade, with more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide now operating as for-profit entities. The ability to turn a quick profit in caring for people in their last days of life is attracting a new…

Tribune News Service

Groups launch last-ditch effort against drug pricing changes - Roll Call

Interest groups are spending millions in hopes of blocking legislation allowing Medicare to demand lower prices for prescription drugs.

Roll Call

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Queensland Health to review medical costs for sexual assault victims by end of year

Organisation says fees for treatment of injuries, MRIs and STI testing for people without medicare would be reassessed

The Guardian - AU

‘True cost of aging’ index shows many seniors can’t afford basic necessities

Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close.

Tribune News Service

How do Americans get their health insurance in the years since the Affordable Care Act passed?

In 2020, employers provided coverage to about half of all Americans. Meanwhile, nearly 9% of Americans were uninsured.

USAFacts

Build Back Manchin: Here’s what is included in the monster spending deal agreed to by Democrats

Tons of money for renewable energy, lease sales for drilling in Alaska and the Gulf of Mexico and prescription drug pricing.

The Independent UK

Schumer rallies Democrats after surprise deal with Manchin

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has told fellow Senate Democrats they now have an opportunity to achieve two “hugely important” priorities on health care and climate change after the deal he struck with Sen. Joe Manchin

The Independent UK

What's in, and out, of Democrats' inflation-fighting package

President Joe Biden’s initial effort to rebuild America’s public infrastructure and family support systems had a price tag of $4 trillion

The Independent UK

Manchin reaches health, energy, tax deal with Senate Majority Leader Schumer

WASHINGTON — Sen. Joe Manchin III and Senate Majority Leader Charles E. Schumer said Wednesday they had cut a surprise agreement on an expansive plan to reduce healthcare and energy costs, cut down on carbon emissions, fight inflation and allow Medicare to negotiate drug prices.

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After spiking earlier talks, Manchin agrees to a new deal on climate and taxes

The agreement is a major reversal for Democrats who had narrowed their ambitions for the package to addressing looming lapses in the Affordable Care Act and changes to prescription drug prices.

Salon

GOP backs Pharma effort to sink reform

"Republicans are working hand in hand with Big Pharma to try to block Democrats from lowering drug prices"

Tribune News Service

House begins busy sprint to August recess and Senate tees up ‘chips-plus’ bill

WASHINGTON — House leaders are cramming this week to finish a laundry list of legislative priorities before a five-week getaway from Washington.

Roll Call

This week: House begins busy sprint to August recess, Senate tees up 'chips-plus' bill - Roll Call

House and Senate leaders are looking to pass a long list of items in a short time before taking their annual August break.

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AAP

Death of jailed Aboriginal man preventable

The death of Aboriginal man Mootijah Shillingsworth from an ear infection while in custody was preventable, a NSW coroner has found.

ABC News

Douglas ‘Mootijah’ Shillingsworth's death from ear infection while in custody was preventable, inquest finds

A coroner finds the failure to identify and treat an Indigenous inmate's ear disease precipitated the man's death in custody and recommends a trial of Medicare for Aboriginal people in custody.

The Guardian - AU

Medicare reforms are essential for creating fairer national abortion system, say advocates

Health experts are calling for Medicare item numbers for abortions and pregnancy counselling ahead of women’s safety ministers’ meeting

Tribune News Service

Seniors are more likely to get food help after becoming Medicare eligible, study finds

DALLAS — Low-income Dallas seniors were seven times more likely to visit a food pantry in the year after becoming Medicare eligible, leading to better food security, according to a new study from UT Southwestern Medical Center.

Pedestrian.tv

The Government Has Removed The Term ‘Birthing Parent’ From A New Form After A Singular Complaint

Inclusion of all does not come at the exclusion of anyone else.

The Guardian - AU

Bill Shorten intervenes to remove ‘birthing parent’ from medical forms amid criticism in Daily Telegraph

Decision to stop trial of trans-inclusive language at three hospitals condemned by LGBTQ+ advocates and praised by Katherine Deves

ABC News

Bulk-billing doctors nowhere to be found, with this Tasmanian mum finding it's cheaper to fly interstate

It sounds bonkers, but for Tasmanian mum Bec Haight, it's cheaper for her to fly her family to Melbourne than to be seen by a doctor in her home city.

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