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The number of people joining the National Disability Insurance Scheme is rising dramatically, according to official figures, but disability advocates say in the race to meet enrolment targets, people entering the NDIS are losing out.
Topics: disabilities, health, health-policy, health-insurance, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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Paralympian Jan Pike Jan Pike is used to battling. But one of the biggest fights of her life has been dealing with the National Disability Insurance Scheme.
Topics: disabilities, health, health-policy, health-insurance, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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| UpdatedFor Jan Pike, one of the biggest fights of her life has been dealing with the National Disability Insurance Scheme - so much so, that she says it almost cost her her life.
Topics: disabilities, health, health-policy, health-insurance, federal-government, government-and-politics, australia
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Australia's consumer watchdog plans to take legal action against more private health insurers this year, saying many patients are being slugged with unexpected hefty bills after hospital visits.
Topics: health-insurance, health, consumer-protection, australia
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| UpdatedShares in engineering services firm Worley Parsons and pallet company Brambles plummet as investors react to disappointing profit results, while health insurer NIB jumps on earnings growth.
Topics: company-news, insurance, oil-and-gas, manufacturing, transport, health-insurance, australia
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| UpdatedThe head of Medibank Private defends its health insurance premium increases, while also delivering a disappointing half-year profit for shareholders.
Topics: company-news, health-insurance, australia
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| UpdatedOnce it's fully operational, the NDIS will be one of the biggest Government-funded program after Medicare. But where will those funds come from?
Topics: disabilities, health, health-administration, health-insurance, health-policy, australia
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| UpdatedWA-based insurer HBF will increase its health insurance costs by almost 6 per cent this year, despite insisting it "hates" doing so.
Topics: health-insurance, health, perth-6000
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| UpdatedThe Government approves a nearly 5 per cent increase in premiums but the Prime Minister urges people to stick with private health insurance.
Topics: health, health-insurance, health-policy, government-and-politics, federal-government, australia
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| UpdatedConsumer advocacy group Choice launches an online calculator to help people decide whether to pay for health insurance.
Topics: health-insurance, health-policy, health, australia
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| UpdatedThe Republican-led US House of Representatives approves a measure making the first move toward scrapping Obamacare, joining the Senate in instructing key committees to write legislation repealing the health insurance law.
Topics: health-administration, health-insurance, health-policy, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedThe US Senate takes its first concrete step toward dismantling the Affordable Care Act, using special budget provisions to bypass Democrat votes and begin the process of repealing President Barack Obama's signature health policy.
Topics: health-policy, health-insurance, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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There are hopes of a reprieve for residents in north-west Tasmania who have been facing the closure of health services in the Kentish area.
Topics: health-insurance, health-administration, healthcare-facilities, community-and-society, sheffield-7306
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Donald Trump has vowed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare. But what is the Act, and just how successful has it been?
Topics: health-insurance, health, world-politics, government-and-politics, united-states
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| UpdatedLeading welfare agency Anglicare says the needs of carers are not being met under the National Disability Insurance Scheme, with a report raising concerns about lack of respite programs and support in general.
Topics: community-and-society, carers, disabilities, government-and-politics, health-policy, health-insurance, australia, nsw
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| UpdatedA year after one young woman's legal win over an insurer who denied her claim, mental health advocates say little has changed.
Topics: health-insurance, insurance, mental-health, australia
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Queenslanders are living longer and taking better care of their health but being admitted to hospitals at unsustainable levels, a new report suggests, while the state can thank Tasmania for overtaking it on obesity rates.
Topics: health, obesity, health-insurance, adolescent-health, smoking, qld, tas
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| UpdatedHealth insurers are raking in the profits, according to the regulator's figures, but life insurers are looking decided more pallid.
Topics: insurance, health-insurance, australia
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In the USA's Deep South, one man's death becomes a symbol for his family of all that is wrong with the American Dream — and why Donald Trump appeals to the working poor.
Topics: health-insurance, us-elections, poverty, united-states
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Paramedics have stepped up their fight against the NSW Government for better insurance payouts if they get injured on the job and can no longer work.
Topics: health-insurance, health-policy, doctors-and-medical-professionals, nsw
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Topics: emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, insurance, health-insurance, dubbo-2830
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Topics: emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, insurance, health-insurance, dubbo-2830
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Spending on injury prevention and management is key to reducing the amount the New South Wales Government spends on insurance for paramedics, according to the Health Services Union.
Topics: health, health-policy, health-insurance, occupational-health-and-safety, government-and-politics, state-parliament, tamworth-2340
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A check-up on the state of the nation's health finds almost one-third of people are putting off or avoiding going to the dentist altogether due to the cost.
Topics: dental, health, doctors-and-medical-professionals, health-insurance, human-interest, perth-6000
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| UpdatedA former police officer describes a "dehumanising" stoush with a WorkCover insurance agent, as Victoria's Ombudsman finds workers' complex cases are being mishandled, delayed or cancelled without reason.
Topics: health-insurance, state-parliament, workplace, work, community-and-society, melbourne-3000, vic