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Higher hospital fees to drive up premiums: insurers

Nearly four million health insurance premiums could increase after large health funds opted to pay higher hospital fees under threat of higher taxes.

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Taxpayers are topping up health fund profits: analysis

Major health insurers have been accused of expecting NSW hospitals to subsidise their record profits amid a stand-off over who foots hospital bills.

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Insurers warn of bill shock from hospital pay demand

NSW officials are demanding private health insurers pay full freight for public hospital stays, suggesting taxpayers are being asked to provide a huge subsidy.

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Customers cut health insurance in cost-of-living crisis

Financial pressures and stiff competition have limited the number of Australian customers signing up to health insurance policies.

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Do you have knee pain from osteoarthritis? You might not need surgery. Here’s what to try instead

Most people with knee osteoarthritis can control their pain and improve their mobility without surgery, according to updated treatment guidelines from the Australian Commission on Safety and Quality in Health Care.

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CrowdStrike crash showed us how invasive cyber security software is. Is there a better way?

On Friday, the world suffered what many have described as the largest IT outage in history, when 8.5 million Windows computers crashed and wouldn’t restart.

The Conversation

Thousands of patients facing healthcare price hikes after negotiations break down between St Vincent’s and NIB

Australian Medical Association is urging both parties to reach an agreement for the sake of patients

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Medibank’s lack of multi-factor authentication allowed hackers to infiltrate systems, regulator alleges

Court documents allege insurer’s network was configured so that only a username and password was required to gain access

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Medibank could face $21.5 trillion fine over data theft

The Australian Information Commissioner will take Medibank to court over a 2022 data breach, seeking penalties that could reach into the trillions of dollars.

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PM defends response to ICC arrest warrant request – as it happened

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MediSecure data breach: why is health data so lucrative for hackers?

The latest large-scale ransomware attack on a health technology provider, electronic prescription company MediSecure, was revealed last week.

The Conversation

Medibank keeps up fight after complaint probe bid loss

The Federal Court has dismissed Medibank's bid to halt an investigation into a data breach that compromised personal details of millions of Australians.

AAP

Medibank half-year profit up 16pct on non-resident gain

Health insurer Medibank Private has reported a 16 per cent rise in first-half profit and claims customer growth has recovered from its 2022 cyber attack.

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Four-day work week trial delivers sick leave surprise

Medibank says workers' stress has fallen and some teams are taking markedly fewer sick days as a result of its four-day working week trial.

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The Guardian - AU

Why insurance premiums are squeezing Australians and fuelling inflation

Insurance increases are in the double digits and while costs have been rising, some insurers are increasing their margins

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Medicare turns 40: is Australia’s ‘little green card’ keeping up with changing health needs?

Medicare’s universality under threat as chronic disease, mental illness and an aging population increase out-of-pocket costs, experts say

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Shadowy world of ransomware-for-hire revealed by online account activity linked to the Medibank hack

Experts have pieced together the online history of Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov to reveal his alleged cybercrime operations in the years leading up to the attack

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Australian Spies Blame Russian For Major Cyber Attack

Australia has identified the Russian mastermind behind a crippling cyber attack, unmasking the 33-year-old hacker for the first time on Tuesday and linking him to an international crime syndicate.

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Australia sanctions Russian citizen Aleksandr Ermakov over 2022 Medibank cyber-attack

Government uses cyber sanctions powers under Magnitsky laws for first time to target Aleksandr Gennadievich Ermakov, alleged to be responsible for hack

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Russian Medibank hacker first to be hit with sanctions

The Australian government has imposed cyber sanctions for the first time, naming Russian Aleksandr Ermakov as the man responsible for the Medibank data breach.

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Why are hackers targeting healthcare providers?

An exploration of why the healthcare sector has become a target for cyber attacks

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Australian health insurers earn $1.3bn more in surplus than two years ago, report shows

Australian Medical Association study also shows $500 difference in benefits between insurers for identical procedures

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Medical test company’s ‘serious and systemic failures’ led to cyber-attack, watchdog says

Australian Clinical Labs hack alleged to have resulted in more than 200,000 health records and credit card details being published on dark web

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There is a way to restore Bill Hayden’s vision of universal healthcare in Australia

Resetting the Medicare rebate level and indexing it will breathe new life into Australia’s first truly universal healthcare program.

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As treasurer, Bill Hayden set Labor on the path to economic rationalism

Former Labor leader and governor-general Bill Hayden, whose death was announced on Saturday, is rightly being remembered for introducing Australia’s first universal healthcare scheme Medibank, which lives on today as Medicare.

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