Australia's healthcare system is a one-of-a-kind mix of public and private services. Medicare is the universal public safety net, and there is also a large private health insurance market. Medicare ...

More than $115 million will be spent to integrate 520 Centrelink and Medicare Australia shopfronts. A four-year program has also been launched to allow customers to claim online. The new service will ...

Australians are being bombarded with tens of thousands of fake emails impersonating Centrelink and Services Australia in one ...

"PERVERSE" incentives cost health care system billions, medical expert says, with some providers making $80K a day. n a scathing article for the Medical Journal of Australia published today, GP Dr ...

Medicare overhaul will take effect on Saturday. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman A $8.5bn Medicare overhaul will take effect on Saturday, meaning more Australians will soon be able to see their ...

Changes to Medicare bulk billing might mean you have a better chance of seeing a doctor without having to pay the gap under the government's new incentives. Hello, I'm Lisa, a journalist at The Senior ...

New data quietly published online shows bulk-billing rates have stagnated since last year. The opposition says it shows too ...

Health groups say the government remains set on bringing in a Medicare co-payment, despite public and backbench MP concern. Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley met key health consumer and community ...

The $8.5bn Medicare overhaul will take effect this Saturday, allowing all Medicare holders better access to bulk-billing. Currently, those who with a Commonwealth concession card and children aged ...

Unlocking an “Aladdin’s cave” of Medicare data is the key to saving Australia’s celebrated health system and changing ...