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The National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) is a landmark reform of the last decade. But while delivering much benefit, it has operational problems and its cost has escalated dramatically – currently around $30 billion annually, there have been suggestions it could reach $60 billion. The scheme looms as one of…

Optus will be able to share drivers licences, Medicare and passport numbers with banks and government agencies to assist in fraud detection following a data breach that affected almost 10 million current and former customers.

Despite the threat of burnout and isolation, these young medical graduates are passionate about rural health, however, they say, a damaging stigma needs to change.

Three in four family doctors say they are burnt-out, and most practice owners fear they will close their surgeries due to mounting costs, a survey finds.

Washington (AFP) - One advertisement on Facebook promises zero-cost dental care for elderly Americans hit hard by rising medical bills.Another, on Instagram, offers free groceries in exchange for an email and phone number.

The 2010 pay-as-you-go law is poised to require $100 billion in spending cuts just after this year's holiday season.

For more than a decade, Republicans riled up their base with vows to repeal Obamacare. Today, nothing but crickets

Health insurers will flood the Medicare Advantage market again this fall with enticing offers of plans that have no monthly price tag

Savannah Thompson walked into the emergency department at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek, California, just after midnight June 14, fearing she had ingested fentanyl — a synthetic opiate responsible for a North America-wide epidemic of fatal overdoses — in what she had been told was cocaine, according to…

Optus yet to give specific information about what to do next to those who used Queensland driver’s licences or a passport to sign up

After failing to get clear advice from Optus and in trying to protect her finances, Anna may now not be able to own her own home anytime soon.