E&OE… Topics: Keytruda® listed on the PBS for Hodgkin’s lymphoma; National Health Reform Agreement; Syria ALLISON LANGDON: A lifesaving cancer treatment that costs over $200,000 is about to get a whole lot more affordable. From next month patients fighting Hodgkin’s lymphoma will pay less…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: ACT and South Australia agreeing to sign the National Health Reform Agreement; medicinal cannabis; mandatory reporting; endometriosis GREG HUNT: I’m delighted with the outcomes of today’s COAG health minister’s meeting. Perhaps most significantly, South Australia and the ACT have agreed to sign…
DetailsLabor cut the private health insurance rebate when they were in government after guaranteeing they wouldn’t touch it. Today on Sky News, Labor’s Shadow Health Spokesperson Catherine King continually refused to rule out cutting the rebate yet again. This is on top of their current policy to drive up private health insurance premiums by 16…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Medicines cheaper from April 1; private health insurance LEON BYNER: This story is another piece of great news because the Federal Government is drastically reducing the cost of medicines to treat diabetes, cancer, arthritis, asthma and eye disease. Pretty broad spectrum there,…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: $2.5 million for new back pain research; Labor’s taxpayer rort GREG HUNT: I’m delighted to be able to support the Centre for Research Excellence into back pain and arthritis. This centre is about improving people’s quality of life, it’s about building on…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Private health insurance; PBS ALAN JONES: Let me say that politicians are criticised a lot and I’m not saying I haven’t had some arguments with Greg Hunt but this bloke, in my opinion, is as good as it gets. He mightn’t provide…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: April 1 PBS listing of PrEP GREG HUNT: Well thank you everybody, I’m really delighted to be here today at Serafim Pharmacy and we’ve met Nick who is the owner. It’s been in his family since his father founded it in 1951.…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Jay Weatherill’s Royal Adelaide Hospital cover-up LEON BYNER: Exactly an hour ago, I broke a story on AA where I read you a letter written by the Honourable Greg Hunt, Minister for Health , that’s the federal minister, dated 15 March and…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: ‘Get the Facts’ child immunisation campaign; low immunisation locations; Million Minds Mental Health Mission. LAURA JAYES: The Federal Government has at the weekend launched a new immunisation campaign because some parts of Australia are falling behind. So this campaign is really directed…
DetailsE&OE… Topics: Highest bulk billing on record; Million Minds Mental Health Mission; Medical Research Future Fund SABRA LANE: The Federal Government is establishing a special research fund to find better ways of treating mental illness and even preventing it. Part of the money will…
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