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The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

Medibank customers at risk: What you need to do now

Medibank customers have been left vulnerable after a hack. Here's what customers need to do to protect themselves.

The New Daily

Mental health over Medicare: information on healthcare pinch points are lacking

The budget has considerable investment in mental health, but is light on detail around how the government will fix Australia’s healthcare crisis.

Crikey

All Medibank customers' personal data was compromised in the cyber attack. Who is at risk and what should customers do?

Millions of Medibank customers may have had their information stolen, with the company revealing hackers accessed the personal data of all customers across its Medibank, ahm and OSHC brands.

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Doctors want answers on urgent care clinics after being left in Labor’s waiting room

The government’s plan to ease the burden on emergency departments was welcomed by some, but not all are convinced it will be a panacea.

Crikey

Medicare watchdog investigates just 100 cases of inappropriate billing every 12 months

The watchdog responsible for policing Medicare investigates just 0.07 per cent of health professionals each year, is chronically understaffed and underfunded, and is led by bureaucrats with strong links to the powerful Australian Medical Association, an ABC-Nine investigation has found.

ABC News

Call for support for doctors being probed

The chair of a health professional lobby group is calling on the federal government to change laws on claims against practitioners.

AAP

On the home stretch

House prices in Australia will have fallen by up to 20% by the end of 2024, and NSW Transport Minister David Elliott’s spear-throwing days are over: he’ll leave politics at the March election.

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Former allies, Patty Murray and Tiffany Smiley face off for US Senate

SEATTLE — Sen. Patty Murray was locked in her office in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 when she said she decided to run for a sixth term. If she wins she would be among the longest serving senators in U.S. history.

Tribune News Service

Biden dismisses calls for abolishing debt limit

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday rejected a push from congressional Democrats to get rid of the statutory debt ceiling, calling the idea of doing so “irresponsible.”

Tribune News Service

Rural women waiting years for breast reconstructions 'horrific' and 'unacceptable', say doctors

Rebecca Smyth is among thousands of women in regional Australia forced to wait years longer than women in cities for breast reconstructions after mastectomies. Doctors and patients say the 'horrific' situation is unacceptable.

ABC News

Optus and Medibank hacks prompt government to increase fines for massive data breaches to a minimum of $50 million

The financial penalty imposed on companies that suffer serious or repeated privacy breaches will be increased to at least $50 million.

ABC News

GOP is bad on abortion — and inflation

Republicans have no ideas on how to fix the economy — and what they are planning will only make things worse

Salon

Medicare is broken — but there is more to the story

Whether or not sensationalist reports of billions dollars wasted in Medicare rorting turn out to be true, problems with the system are much more complex — and won’t go away without treatment.

Crikey

What we do (and don’t) know about the Medibank hack

More than 3.7 million Medibank customers are anxiously waiting to find out whether their personal medical information has been stolen.

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Axios

Preterm birth drug saga reflects broader issues with FDA process

Congress may still try to reform the FDA's accelerated approval process this year.

The Conversation

Grattan on Friday: Politics of future budgets likely to get harder for Albanese government

When Kevin Rudd made Bill Shorten parliamentary secretary for disabilities in 2007, the post was a good deal less than the high-profile new MP’s ambition for a ministry.

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: GOP promises to gut your Social Security, Medicare if it takes power

It used to be a truism that no elected office-holders would dare to tamper with Social Security if they wished to keep their jobs.

ABC News

Medibank admits personal data stolen in cyber attack

The private health insurance company admits that the personal data of some of its customers — including names, addresses, Medicare numbers and phone numbers — has been stolen in a cyber attack.

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Salon

What will a GOP majority actually do?

Expect a government shutdown, new attacks on Social Security and Medicare and an end to Ukraine aid, for starters

Tribune News Service

New generation of weight loss medications offer promise — but at a price

Excitement is building about a new generation of drugs that tout the ability to help adults with excess weight shed more pounds than older drugs on the market.

Tribune News Service

Say what? Hearing aids available over-the-counter for as low as $199, and without a prescription

Starting this week, consumers are able to buy hearing aids directly off store shelves and at dramatically lower prices as a 2017 federal law finally takes effect.

Pedestrian.tv

A Melb Woman Was Left ‘Amputated’ After A Cosmetic Surgeon Convinced Her To Get A Labiaplasty

The woman was told the procedure would be "minor".

Crikey

Mediscare: fraud and rorts, or justifiable confusion over a complex system?

The federal government must get rid of any loopholes in the Medicare system and then make it easier for GPs to navigate, readers say.

ABC News

More than 2 million Australians used Medicare's mental health plan, so why is it under review?

The future of a program that has helped millions of Australians seek treatment and support for their mental health remains unclear, as the government considers whether to wind back extra help provided through the pandemic.

ABC News

How cosmetic surgeons are taking advantage of Medicare

The $1.4 billion cosmetic surgery industry is illegally claiming Medicare rebates for medically unnecessary procedures such as facelifts, Botox, breast implants and tummy tucks.

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