The Australian government has opened its review into the Health Professional Online Services (HPOS) system, releasing a discussion paper on Friday for public consultation. The review, announced last ...

Australia Minister for Health and Aged Care Mark Butler Tuesday announced an investigation into the nation’s Medicare system after a joint investigation by expert Margaret Faux, the Australia ...

Under the guise of safeguarding the present Medicare health system, the Australian government has unveiled a plan that takes another substantial step toward dismantling it. Prime Minister John ...

That’s exactly what happened after a 2018 Federal Court decision that redefined “anaesthetic services” – and taxpayers are ...

Health Minister Mark Butler and Government Services Minister Bill Shorten announced the card change on Monday, with the commemorative design a feature on all cards issued this year. The layout of the ...

The Albanese Government is delivering three new Medicare Urgent Care Clinics, all now open in Marrickville, Burwood and Rouse Hill.The clinics offer ...

A completely false claim that Australia's healthcare reform package will eventually require every Aussie to have a health-records microchip implanted under their skin is making the rounds of ...

An online vendor is using a ‘darknet’ auction site to sell individual Australian Medicare card details for 0.0089 bitcoin, or $22, according to The Guardian. 2. The vendor is ranked as “highly trusted ...

Desperate to give disaffected working people a reason to vote Labor at the July 2 federal election, the party’s leader Bill Shorten conducted a second campaign launch yesterday—a week after the first.

A small change is coming to Medicare cards this year as Australia's universal health system celebrates a major milestone. The commemorative design, largely similar to the existing design, will mark ...

Chief executive Lynelle Briggs said the nature of the services Medicare provided was "shifting as the government leverages our relationship with the community", such as its delivery of ceiling ...

The Australian government’s decision to cut the Medicare rebate for cataract surgery by half will make the procedure unaffordable and inaccessible for many patients, particularly those in rural areas, ...