FAMILIES STILL PAYING $900 A YEAR MORE AFTER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE ANNOUNCEMENT
Thursday, 12 October 2017
FAMILIES STILL PAYING $900 A YEAR MORE AFTER PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE ANNOUNCEMENT The Turnbull Government’s private health insurance announcement is a package of recycled election commitments that won’t fix the hip pocket pain families are feeling from soaring premiums under their watch. Families are paying an average of $900 more every year for their private
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TURNBULL BREAKS ELECTION COMMITMENT TO ACT ON JUNK PRIVATE HEALTH INSURANCE POLICIES
Wednesday, 20 September 2017
Australians will continue to be caught out by private health insurance policies which don’t cover basic procedures, with reports the Turnbull Government will break an election commitment to act on junk policies. The Government went to the election with a clear commitment to “weed out junk policies” and protect consumers from worthless policies: “Because, what we don’t
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TURNBULL MUST BOOST RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION SERVICES
Monday, 18 September 2017
CATHERINE KING MP SHADOW MINISTER FOR HEALTH AND MEDICARE MEMBER FOR BALLARAT JO CHAPLEY STATE LABOR CANDIDATE FOR ADELAIDE TURNBULL MUST BOOST RESIDENTIAL REHABILITATION SERVICES Instead of stigmatising welfare recipients and ignoring health experts, Malcolm Turnbull must ensure that alcohol and other drug treatment services are available to every Australian who seeks help.
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A WIN FOR DYING AUSTRALIANS
Tuesday, 13 June 2017
Dying Australians will have easier access to much-needed pain relief to ease their suffering after the Senate voted to give people with a terminal illness better access to medicinal cannabis. This is a win for dying Australians, who have been facing extensive barriers to access medicinal cannabis under the Turnbull Government. As a result of
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PAY TO SKIP THE HOSPITAL QUEUE: TURNBULL’S MEDICARE SHAME
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Malcolm Turnbull’s neglect of our public hospitals is undermining Medicare and universal access, with new data revealing that people’s capacity to pay can determine how long they will wait for essential surgery. Access to health care should be determined by your Medicare card – not your credit card. New data from the Australian Institute of
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QUESTIONS REMAIN OVER MERSEY DEAL
Wednesday, 05 April 2017
Shadow Minister for Health and Medicare Catherine King and Federal Member for Braddon Justine Keay have welcomed news of a deal for the Mersey Community Hospital, but said the devil will be in the detail. “Today’s news provides some certainty for the community, but both the State and Federal Government should have been upfront about
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