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Beleaguered private health bill on ice as government fails to secure support
By Stephanie Dalzell
Controversial private health insurance changes affecting older Australians are now on life support, after the legislation was effectively thrown out of parliament by the Coalition and crossbench.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-14/private-health-bill-canned/107265242
Almost 80,000 older Australians expected to ditch private health over changes
By Stephanie Dalzell
Nearly 80,000 older Australians are expected to dump their private health cover by the end of the decade as a result of the federal government's controversial proposed changes, new analysis reveals.
An average of 17 older Australians died each day last year waiting for home care
By Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn
More than 6,400 older Australians died while waiting to receive home care last year, an increase of more than a third on the previous year.
#AgedCare #Health #FederalGovernment #FederalStateIssues #StephanieDalzell #PaigeCockburn
Private health changes appear all but doomed as Greens play hardball
By Stephanie Dalzell
The Greens signal they will not back the the government's private health insurance legislation in its current form.
Patients hiding use of peptides or weight loss jabs face 'serious' surgery risk
By Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn
Patients hiding the use of illegal peptides or weight loss jabs before surgery could face "serious" consequences, after a new study reveals an 11-fold risk of regurgitation or aspiration under anaesthetic.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-07/peptides-ozempic-surgery-warning/107233212
'US-style medicine model' as big pharma dispensing of GLP-1s condemned
By Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn
Doctors and pharmacists have criticised Eli Lilly's new online platform LillyDirect that will dispense certain medicines, starting with Mounjaro, directly to a patient's door.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-10-01/backlash-over-eli-lilly-mounjaro-delivery/107211964
#Health #Drugs #BusinessEconomicsandFinance #StephanieDalzell #PaigeCockburn
What we know about the data accessed in the Medicare AI hack
By Stephanie Dalzell and Stephen Dziedzic
An AI agent accessed Medicare data. But what did it get? And what else do we know?
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-24/what-we-know-about-the-openai-medicare-hack/107189452
Bachelor star Matty J backs mental health screening of new dads
By Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn
Dads-to-be would be screened for perinatal distress alongside their partners under one proposal to be canvassed by a parliamentary inquiry.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-24/calls-for-more-mental-health-support-for-fathers/107184390
#Parenting #Children #MentalHealth #PregnancyandChildbirth #StephanieDalzell #PaigeCockburn
Number of people with migraine doubles after years of undercounting
By Stephanie Dalzell and Caitlyn Gribbin
Revised figures show the number of Australians living with migraine is about 4 million, with experts saying it highlights how authorities have been grossly under-reporting the chronic disease.
#Health #BrainandNervousSystem #Pain #Headache #DiseasesandDisorders #StephanieDalzell #CaitlynGribbin
Pensioners to shoulder huge portion of private health insurance 'cash grab'
By Stephanie Dalzell
Pensioners will be hit hard by the federal government's controversial private health insurance rebate changes, with new analysis revealing that about half of the $3 billion in forecast savings will be clawed back from those on lower incomes.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-14/pensioners-to-shoulder-1-6b-private-health-changes/107139936
#HealthInsurance #HealthPolicy #Insurance #GovernmentandPolitics #StephanieDalzell
Women and complex-care patients losing out under Medicare, review says
By Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn
Inadequate Medicare rebates for longer GP appointments have been penalising patients who need more time and should be boosted, according to a major new government report.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-10/medicare-rebate-review-longer-gp-consultations/107124446
States fume over private health changes 'robbing Peter to pay Paul'
By Stephanie Dalzell
The states and territories set the stage for a showdown with the Commonwealth over its proposed changes to private health insurance rebates.
#HealthPolicy #FederalStateIssues #AgedCare #HealthInsurance #StephanieDalzell
As cases surge can Australia eliminate diphtheria again?
By Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn
There have been more than 500 cases of diphtheria across Australia this year, as governments work to mitigate the largest outbreak since records began.
#Health #InfectiousDiseases #PublicHealth #StephanieDalzell #PaigeCockburn
How does H5N1 bird flu spread to humans and what are the health risks?
By Peter de Kruijff and Stephanie Dalzell
Can people get the bird flu from eggs and milk? Can you die if you become infected? Will this be the next pandemic? Here's what we know about bird flu in humans.
#AvianInfluenza #ScienceandTechnology #Health #Environment #PoultryFarming #Birds #Science #DairyFarming #PeterdeKruijff #StephanieDalzell
Women who feared losing vital cancer treatment offered new hope
By Stephanie Dalzell
Women with breast cancer who were left languishing in PBS drug uncertainty have been offered a lifeline.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-19/breast-cancer-pbs-drug-lifeline/107049936
#Pharmaceuticals #Cancer #BreastCancer #Endometriosis #WomensHealth #FederalGovernment #StephanieDalzell
Drug company backdown sees lifesaving cancer treatment offered for free
By Mary Lloyd and Stephanie Dalzell
Breast cancer patients were considering removing their ovaries until the maker of Zoladex 3.6mg said they would give the drug away rather than list it on the PBS.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/zoladex-pbs-astrazeneca-breast-cancer-endometriosis/106969942
#WomensHealth #Health #DiseasesandDisorders #MedicalResearch #Pharmaceuticals #DoctorsandMedicalProfessionals #MaryLloyd #StephanieDalzell
Drug company backdown sees lifesaving cancer treatment offered for free
By Mary Lloyd and Stephanie Dalzell
Breast cancer patients were considering removing their ovaries until the maker of Zoladex 3.6mg said they would give the drug away rather than list it on the PBS.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-30/zoladex-pbs-astrazenica-breast-cancer-endometriosis/106969942
Lifesaving or experimental? The fraught debate over puberty blockers
By Stephanie Dalzell and Celina Edmonds
The fierce debate over puberty blockers has become a collision of science and politics. To try to address a fractured consensus, the federal government is attempting to lay the groundwork for a national standard.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-28/puberty-blockers-inside-the-fraught-debate/106914900
'Beyond belief': Albanese tells states to spend less on hospitals
By Stephanie Dalzell
Health ministers are furious with a letter from the prime minister demanding they rein in spending if they want a public hospital funding deal honoured.
#FederalGovernment #StateandTerritoryGovernment #Health #PublicHealth #FederalParliament #StephanieDalzell
Aussies waiting more than six years for specialist health appointments
By Stephanie Dalzell and Celina Edmonds
Some Australians are waiting more than six years to see health specialists, prompting doctors to warn that people are risking death while languishing on public waiting lists.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11-13/australians-waiting-years-to-see-specialists/105991158
#Health #PublicHealth #MedicalSpecialisation #StephanieDalzell #CelinaEdmonds
Here's why paracetamol is safe to take during pregnancy
By Stephanie Dalzell and Paige Cockburn
Donald Trump's advice that pregnant women should limit the use of paracetamol in pregnancy has been criticised as "baseless". So what does it mean for you?
#AutismSpectrumDisorder #Health #Pain #PregnancyandChildbirth #StephanieDalzell #PaigeCockburn
Coalition accuses Labor of scare tactics over claims it will cut clinics
By Stephanie Dalzell
The Coalition has accused Labor of "disgraceful" lies about claims a future Dutton government would scrap almost 90 existing urgent care clinics.
#Health #GovernmentandPolitics #AustralianFederalElections #StephanieDalzell
Health minister says leaders don't need to say sorry for COVID response
By Stephanie Dalzell
Mark Butler says the leaders who oversaw Australia's COVID-19 pandemic response don't need to say sorry to rebuild public trust.
#FederalGovernment #EpidemicsandPandemics #HealthPolicy #COVID19 #Lockdown #StephanieDalzell
'I can look into a child's mouth and tell their parents' income': Labor backbench pushes for dental in Medicare
By Stephanie Dalzell
The federal government has hosed down the calls from within its own ranks, as new data shows almost two-thirds of Australians delayed treatment due to cost.
#FederalGovernment #GovernmentandPolitics #HealthPolicy #DentalCare #StephanieDalzell