The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

Psychiatric telehealth services to return to rural and regional Australia

The service was cut late last year, but Labor made an election promise to restore it.

ABC News · Oct 17, 2022

Telehealth company bulk-billing patients at the same time as charging a fee, documents show

Systemic rorting of Medicare is artificially inflating official statistics that almost nine out of 10 patients are bulk-billed by their doctor and don't pay any out-of-pocket costs.

ABC News · Oct 17, 2022

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StockNews.com · Oct 17, 2022

Medicare rorts claims to be investigated

Health Minister Mark Butler has ordered his department to examine claims the Medicare system was being rorted by billions of dollars each year.

AAP · Oct 16, 2022

Expert estimates $8 billion a year lost to Medicare fraud and waste

Doctors are abusing the $28 billion Medicare system, at times putting patients at risk, billing dead people and falsifying patient records, all to boost profits, according to the findings of an expert.

ABC News · Oct 16, 2022

The Loop: 'Very heavy fighting' in Ukrainian hot spots, Australian Steelers win World Wheelchair Rugby Championship

What Australia is searching for and all the news that happened while you snoozed: This is The Loop, your quick catch-up for this morning's stories.

ABC News · Oct 16, 2022

House GOP’s Scalise defends Medicare, Social Security plans

Rep. Steve Scalise, R-La., the number two House Republican, defended his party’s approach to Medicare and Social Security, which has become a campaign issue ahead of U.S. midterm elections in November.

Tribune News Service · Oct 16, 2022

Dire state of Canberra region bulk billing options revealed

Canberra has some of the lowest bulk billing rates in the nation.

The Canberra Times · Oct 15, 2022

Social Security boost seen as unlikely to help Dems at polls

The news that 70 million people will see an 8.7% boost in their Social Security checks next year came just weeks before Election Day, but it's unlikely to give Democrats the edge they're desperately seeking at the polls

The Independent UK · Oct 15, 2022

Biden, campaigning with Rep. Katie Porter, promotes actions to lower prescription drug costs

IRVINE, Calif. — President Joe Biden and Rep. Katie Porter sought to focus voters’ attention on Democrats’ work to lower the cost of prescription drugs during an event in Orange County on Friday afternoon.

Los Angeles Times · Oct 15, 2022