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  1. Life-changing MS drugs to stay on the PBS. So why are others under threat – and how is Trump involved?
    By Melissa Davey and Tom McIlroy

    Health minister Mark Butler confirms Ocrevus, Kesimpta and Lemtrada will stay subsidised amid questions about the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

    theguardian.com/australia-news

    #Health #Multiplesclerosis #Pharmaceuticalsindustry #MarkButler #DonaldTrump #Australianpolitics #Business #Business #Australianews #TheGuardian #MelissaDavey #TomMcIlroy

  2. PBS dispute could leave MS patients with huge bills for crucial drugs Ocrevus and Kesimpta

    A dispute over how Australia prices medicines has sparked fears 10,000 people with multiple sclerosis will be forced…
    #Australia #AU #Austrlia #kesimpta #life-savingmedication #markbutler #medicationpricing #multiplesclerosis #novartis #ocrevus #pbs #pharmaceuticalbenefitsscheme #roche
    europesays.com/australia/46548/

  3. PBS dispute could leave MS patients with huge bills for crucial drugs Ocrevus and Kesimpta

    A dispute over how Australia prices medicines has sparked fears 10,000 people with multiple sclerosis will be forced…
    #NewsBeep #News #Medication #AU #Australia #Health #kesimpta #life-savingmedication #markbutler #medicationpricing #multiplesclerosis #Novartis #Ocrevus #PBS #pharmaceuticalbenefitsscheme #roche
    newsbeep.com/au/785506/

  4. PBS dispute could leave MS patients with huge bills for crucial drugs Ocrevus and Kesimpta

    A dispute over how Australia prices medicines has sparked fears 10,000 people with multiple sclerosis will be forced…
    #NewsBeep #News #Medication #AU #Australia #Health #kesimpta #life-savingmedication #markbutler #medicationpricing #multiplesclerosis #Novartis #Ocrevus #PBS #pharmaceuticalbenefitsscheme #roche
    newsbeep.com/au/785506/

  5. @guardianfeeds

    smh

    Keystone Cops? Dad's Army? The Goodies?

    "The passengers will quarantine for three weeks, which is short of the 42-day potential incubation period for hantavirus,"

    3 x 7 days = 21 days

    42 days ÷ 21 days = 2

    They're doing quarrantine for half the incubation period.

    Half witted. Half baked. Going off half cocked.

    #HantaVirus #PublicHealth #AustralianIngenuity #MarkButler

  6. @guardianfeeds

    smh

    Keystone Cops? Dad's Army? The Goodies?

    "The passengers will quarantine for three weeks, which is short of the 42-day potential incubation period for hantavirus,"

    3 x 7 days = 21 days

    42 days ÷ 21 days = 2

    They're doing quarrantine for half the incubation period.

    Half witted. Half baked. Going off half cocked.

    #HantaVirus #PublicHealth #AustralianIngenuity #MarkButler

  7. 9News | 'A soft target for crooks': Shocking extent of NDIS fraud revealed by 9News

    AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

    The parliamentary inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) uncovered that roughly 8 percent of the scheme’s $45 billion budget—over $3.5 billion—has been compromised by fraud, with criminal gangs, coercive schemes and international cartels targeting vulnerable people with disabilities. Investigators found that 90 percent of the smallest 1,000 of the 1,400 plan managers show traces of fraudulent activity, including inflated billing, “harvesting” of participants’ packages, and exploitation of those recently released from prison. NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister called the scheme a “soft target for crooks,” while officials from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and the Fraud Fusion Taskforce warned that the fraud spans Australia, South America, and parts of Asia. In response, the government plans to slash NDIS spending in the upcoming budget, aiming to reduce the average annual plan by about $5,000 and save $35 billion, alongside tighter safeguards and oversight.

    Read more: 9news.com.au/national/ndis-fra

    #NDIS #MarkButler #JennyMcAllister #planmanagers

  8. 9News | 'A soft target for crooks': Shocking extent of NDIS fraud revealed by 9News

    AI generated summary, Read the full article for complete information.

    The parliamentary inquiry into the National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) uncovered that roughly 8 percent of the scheme’s $45 billion budget—over $3.5 billion—has been compromised by fraud, with criminal gangs, coercive schemes and international cartels targeting vulnerable people with disabilities. Investigators found that 90 percent of the smallest 1,000 of the 1,400 plan managers show traces of fraudulent activity, including inflated billing, “harvesting” of participants’ packages, and exploitation of those recently released from prison. NDIS Minister Jenny McAllister called the scheme a “soft target for crooks,” while officials from the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission and the Fraud Fusion Taskforce warned that the fraud spans Australia, South America, and parts of Asia. In response, the government plans to slash NDIS spending in the upcoming budget, aiming to reduce the average annual plan by about $5,000 and save $35 billion, alongside tighter safeguards and oversight.

    Read more: 9news.com.au/national/ndis-fra

    #NDIS #MarkButler #JennyMcAllister #planmanagers

  9. Duerrisms: December football, state championship odds and this week’s favorite things rawchili.com/nfl/575547/ #Football #MarkButler #TreHoskins