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Chronic wounds affect 420,000 Australians each day, cost $3b a year to treat

Sam Gregory-Jones was the only registered nurse in her small country hospital when her son needed urgent treatment. But like so many other rural health centres, it didn't have the right dressings for his wounds.

ABC News

Hearing aids will now be available without a hearing test. Here’s what to know about the new rule

Adults with mild to moderate hearing loss will now be able to buy hearing aids without getting their hearing tested by an audiologist or other specialist, under a new FDA rule announced Tuesday.

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Republican senator tells constituents he supports $35 insulin cap, days after voting against it

Chuck Grassley voted against Inflation Reduction Act, which caps Medicare patients’ out-of-pocket costs, as well as an amendment to lower insulin costs for other patients

The Independent UK

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Congress isn’t done with messy health care fights

Congress isn't finished with health care this year

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Rekha Basu: Don't be swayed by fear-mongering ads from unclear interests

A grim-faced doctor walks into an examining room where an anxious white-haired woman sits on the table, awaiting news. “Mrs. Smith, I have your test results here,” the doctor announces as the woman smiles up at him. “The news isn’t good."

Tribune News Service

Biden signs landmark health, climate and tax bill into law

The legislation includes some $375 billion over the decade — and would cap prescription drug costs at $2,000 out-of-pocket annually for Medicare recipients

The Hindu

What’s in big Biden bill? Health, climate goals become law

Democrats’ “Inflation Reduction Act” may not do much to immediately tame inflationary price hikes. But the package, an election year turnaround after loftier versions collapsed, will touch countless American lives and secure longtime party goals.

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Biden signs sweeping climate, health care, tax bill into law

The legislation has been a year in the making, with tense negotiations leading to a narrower spending package that focuses on climate investments and health care costs.

WEKU

Biden signs Inflation Reduction Act into law: ‘The American people won’

The climate, health care and tax law caps a remarkable string of legislative wins for the Biden administration

The Independent UK

Here’s what is included in the monster climate and tax deal passed 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

What's in big Biden bill? Health, climate goals become law

President Joe Biden arrived at the White House promising to “build back” America, and on Tuesday he's signing into law legislation with a slimmer version of that idea

The Independent UK

Democrats take insulin prices to the airwaves in Nevada - Roll Call

A super PAC touts the sweeping bill Biden is signing Tuesday that includes a cap on what Medicare patients pay for insulin.

Roll Call

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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The Independent UK

Biden to sign massive climate, health care legislation

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

The Guardian - AU

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

ABC News

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.

The Guardian - AU

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

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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."

The Guardian - US

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

Salon

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."

ABC News

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Los Angeles Times

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.

The Independent UK

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

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