The Latest Breaking News from Medicare

The government’s plan to ease the burden on emergency departments was welcomed by some, but not all are convinced it will be a panacea.

The watchdog responsible for policing Medicare investigates just 0.07 per cent of health professionals each year, is chronically understaffed and underfunded, and is led by bureaucrats with strong links to the powerful Australian Medical Association, an ABC-Nine investigation has found.

The chair of a health professional lobby group is calling on the federal government to change laws on claims against practitioners.

House prices in Australia will have fallen by up to 20% by the end of 2024, and NSW Transport Minister David Elliott’s spear-throwing days are over: he’ll leave politics at the March election.

SEATTLE — Sen. Patty Murray was locked in her office in the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 when she said she decided to run for a sixth term. If she wins she would be among the longest serving senators in U.S. history.

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Friday rejected a push from congressional Democrats to get rid of the statutory debt ceiling, calling the idea of doing so “irresponsible.”

Rebecca Smyth is among thousands of women in regional Australia forced to wait years longer than women in cities for breast reconstructions after mastectomies. Doctors and patients say the 'horrific' situation is unacceptable.

The financial penalty imposed on companies that suffer serious or repeated privacy breaches will be increased to at least $50 million.

Republicans have no ideas on how to fix the economy — and what they are planning will only make things worse

Whether or not sensationalist reports of billions dollars wasted in Medicare rorting turn out to be true, problems with the system are much more complex — and won’t go away without treatment.

More than 3.7 million Medibank customers are anxiously waiting to find out whether their personal medical information has been stolen.