Finance News - October 23rd HICAPS Go App Launched By NAB and Fintech Start-up Medipass People living in Melbourne who have private health cover with Medibank and AHM can now find a local GP, get a quote, pay and claim their benefit with the HICAPS Go mobile app, dubbed the “Uber...
Finance News - October 13th Mixed Responses To Health Insurance Overhaul In the short time since the Government's sweeping health insurance reforms were revealed, there's been a mixed-bag of statements and responses. Here's what we've heard from the biggest stakeholders in the wake of these momentous changes. Source:...
Finance News - October 13th New Health Reforms & What They Mean For You The Government is introducing a slew of changes to private health insurance - here's the lowdown on what they are and what they mean for you.
Health Insurance - September 29th Top Rated Health Insurance Providers In 2017 Canstar has researched and rated more than 12 million pieces of individual data from 21 health insurance providers to determine our 2017 Outstanding Value Health Insurance Award winners.
Health Insurance - September 29th Don’t Pay For Unnecessary Health Insurance Inclusions Canstar finds out just how much you could save on health insurance by picking a policy that removes unnecessary inclusions.
Hospital Cover - September 13th The one baby cost Sophie Guidolin didn't see coming Welcoming a child is often one of life's greatest highs, yet it can also result in costs that catch the savviest of parents off guard. For that reason, we asked health and fitness expert Sophie Guidolin and a...
Finance Stories - August 22nd Australian Patients Further Out Of Pocket Australians are paying more out of pocket for doctors visits despite record high bulk billing rates, according to the latest Medicare statistics from the Department of Health. Out of pocket costs for GP services increased by...
Finance News - August 14th Millennials Keeping Private Health Sector Afloat New research from Roy Morgan has found that millennials are responsible for nearly half of the growth seen in the private health insurance market since 2008.
Finance News - August 8th Are You Falling Asleep On The Job? It’s Costing The Economy Billions A new report commissioned by the Government shows that inadequate sleep is costing the economy more than $66 billion per year. The report, released by Deloitte Access Economics in collaboration with the Sleep Foundation, found that...
Finance News - July 31st New Drugs Added To PBS Hepatitis C patients and sufferers of a rare white blood cell cancer have been given a reprieve with new Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) drug listings. Each year, around 800 Australians die from a Hepatitis C infection,...
Finance Stories - July 25th Health Star Ratings Failing To Disclose Added Sugar New research has revealed that 70% of packaged foods contain sugar which is not clearly identified by nutrition labels. The study, which was conducted by the George Institute for Global Health in Sydney, reviewed more than...
Finance News - July 19th 'Aussies Shifting To Lower-Cost, Lower-Benefit Health Policies' - ACCC A consumer watchdog report into the private health insurance industry has found that people have trouble understanding their policies, and are starting to choose cheaper policies with lower benefits. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC)...
Health Insurance - June 8th Health Insurance Tax Benefits: How & When Can You Save? The ACCC has issued a warning on potentially misleading claims about the tax benefits of health insurance.
Finance News - May 16th Are We Paying More Or Less For Our GP Visits In 2017? The Government insists bulk-billing rates are at an all-time high, but the Opposition claims we’re paying more for our GP visits. Who’s right?
Finance News - May 15th 2017 Federal Budget: A Budget For Millionaires? In response to the release of the 2017 Federal Budget this week, Bill Shorten says Labor will back Government plans to raise the Medicare levy, but only for the top two tax brackets. The increase to...
Finance Stories - May 11th Health Budget 2017: Everything You Need To Know The 2017 Federal Budget has been met with a contrast of loud support and bitter disappointment. With changes to the Medicare Levy and the Medicare rebate freeze, this year’s health Budget will impact a lot of people.
Finance Stories - May 11th Your Health History Could Be Online Since the introduction of the $2 billion government initiative My Health Record, more than 4.7 million Australians have agreed to have their health information reported online.
Finance Stories - May 4th Wearable Devices The Future Of The Health Industry Medicine in the future is likely to be dominated by technology such as wearables and implants, as well as a host of other innovations.
Finance News - April 19th Medical Tourism: 500,000+ Aussies Heading Overseas For Procedures In 2017 Over half a million Australians are expected to go overseas for medical care - many of them for dental work, according to an international medical provider.
Finance News - April 4th Australians Are Not Getting Enough Fruit and Veg New research from CSIRO has found that 1 in 2 adults are not eating the recommended intake of fruit. The Fruit, Vegetable and Diet Score Report, which studied the dietary habits of more than 145,975 Australians,...