Health economist @lukeslawomirski.bsky.social argues that money saved by providing fewer subsidies for private health insurance would be better invested directly in other areas of Australia’s health system.
Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/new/260911-1...
Read the full piece on The Point: thepoint.com.au/new/260911-1...
September 17, 2026 at 11:33 PM
I would like to thank the head of PrivateHealth Australia for using ATO data in her column on the AFR today.
She accidentally helped make the case for GST being put on private health insurance. :-)
She accidentally helped make the case for GST being put on private health insurance. :-)
New analysis of ATO figures shows private health insurance is the domain of the rich, and it should be subject to GST #OffTheCharts @grogsgamut.bsky.social
australiainstitute.org.au/post/private...
australiainstitute.org.au/post/private...
July 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM
I would like to thank the head of PrivateHealth Australia for using ATO data in her column on the AFR today.
She accidentally helped make the case for GST being put on private health insurance. :-)
She accidentally helped make the case for GST being put on private health insurance. :-)
EveryDoctor map showing the donations MPs are receiving from people+companies linked to private healthcare! 🚨💙
April 8, 2025 at 8:31 AM
In this month’s Healthcare Today Digest, LifeArc chief executive Dr Sam Barrell CBE breaks down what the UK must do to cement its position as a global life sciences hub; and much more...
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#publichealth #privatehealth #patientsafety #litigation #regulation
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#publichealth #privatehealth #patientsafety #litigation #regulation
September 25, 2026 at 2:47 PM
In this month’s Healthcare Today Digest, LifeArc chief executive Dr Sam Barrell CBE breaks down what the UK must do to cement its position as a global life sciences hub; and much more...
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#publichealth #privatehealth #patientsafety #litigation #regulation
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#publichealth #privatehealth #patientsafety #litigation #regulation
Had to see an OT because of crippling back pain. HCF app tells me i have $500 worth of cover. The bill was $535. HCF paid $62 of the bill. Where is our Luigi Mangione?
#privatehealth
#fuckHCF
#unalivetheceos
#privatehealth
#fuckHCF
#unalivetheceos
March 19, 2026 at 12:19 PM
Had to see an OT because of crippling back pain. HCF app tells me i have $500 worth of cover. The bill was $535. HCF paid $62 of the bill. Where is our Luigi Mangione?
#privatehealth
#fuckHCF
#unalivetheceos
#privatehealth
#fuckHCF
#unalivetheceos
Private health insurance premiums are rising far faster than advertised, coverage is shrinking and hospitals are under strain.
The system isn’t working – and alternatives exist, Claudia Weisenberger writes.
#auspol #Health #PrivateHealth #CostOfLiving #Healthcare
The system isn’t working – and alternatives exist, Claudia Weisenberger writes.
#auspol #Health #PrivateHealth #CostOfLiving #Healthcare
Private health insurance isn’t working – and the numbers show it
Premiums are rising far faster than official increases, coverage is narrowing and hospitals are under strain – Australia’s private health model is failing.
johnmenadue.com
March 19, 2026 at 10:56 PM
Private health insurance premiums are rising far faster than advertised, coverage is shrinking and hospitals are under strain.
The system isn’t working – and alternatives exist, Claudia Weisenberger writes.
#auspol #Health #PrivateHealth #CostOfLiving #Healthcare
The system isn’t working – and alternatives exist, Claudia Weisenberger writes.
#auspol #Health #PrivateHealth #CostOfLiving #Healthcare
Yep! And here's the #PrivateHospitalBill for a six night stay!
(Assuming that the #American #PrivateHealth #InsuranceVultures...couldbe #rsed paying for it!)
(Assuming that the #American #PrivateHealth #InsuranceVultures...couldbe #rsed paying for it!)
January 4, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Yep! And here's the #PrivateHospitalBill for a six night stay!
(Assuming that the #American #PrivateHealth #InsuranceVultures...couldbe #rsed paying for it!)
(Assuming that the #American #PrivateHealth #InsuranceVultures...couldbe #rsed paying for it!)
“If she’s been vice president and there’s been no change, then I wasn’t sure she was going to be able to change things as president. That’s what influenced me the most—that things might stay the same as they are now.”
Los Angeles County shows why Democrats lost
A Mother Jones analysis of voting data shows rich voters remained loyal as Latino and Asian voters moved right—revealing fissures in a Democratic party that sees itself as a champion of the working cl...
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December 16, 2024 at 9:33 PM
The longer I live, the more structural damage I see wrought upon our country by HoWARd et al. We told them at the time, we pleaded with subsequent govt's to change policies.
#MiddleClassWelfare #Privatising #CES -ve Gearing #CGTC #SuperTax #IR #PrivateHealth #Concessions #ChildCare on & on #Auspol
#MiddleClassWelfare #Privatising #CES -ve Gearing #CGTC #SuperTax #IR #PrivateHealth #Concessions #ChildCare on & on #Auspol
Another example of how the Howard years where a time bomb for today’s youth.
November 19, 2025 at 2:46 AM
The longer I live, the more structural damage I see wrought upon our country by HoWARd et al. We told them at the time, we pleaded with subsequent govt's to change policies.
#MiddleClassWelfare #Privatising #CES -ve Gearing #CGTC #SuperTax #IR #PrivateHealth #Concessions #ChildCare on & on #Auspol
#MiddleClassWelfare #Privatising #CES -ve Gearing #CGTC #SuperTax #IR #PrivateHealth #Concessions #ChildCare on & on #Auspol
That’d be a good question for MPs, especially cabinet: who has privatehealth insurance?
March 24, 2025 at 9:16 PM
That’d be a good question for MPs, especially cabinet: who has privatehealth insurance?
Why #Canadian govts need to work together to strengthen and protect the PUBLIC #healthcare system in #Canada. 🇨🇦
#publichealth #cdnpoli #privatehealth #richmondbc #metrovan #healthbusiness #cdnhealth #healthaccess
www.pbs.org/newshour/sho...
#publichealth #cdnpoli #privatehealth #richmondbc #metrovan #healthbusiness #cdnhealth #healthaccess
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Why patients are getting hit with surprise hospital fees for routine medical care
In recent years, hospital systems have been buying up medical practices at a rapid pace. Now, patients getting routine medical care are being hit with high costs and unexpected hospital fees — even if...
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May 1, 2025 at 2:03 PM
Why #Canadian govts need to work together to strengthen and protect the PUBLIC #healthcare system in #Canada. 🇨🇦
#publichealth #cdnpoli #privatehealth #richmondbc #metrovan #healthbusiness #cdnhealth #healthaccess
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#publichealth #cdnpoli #privatehealth #richmondbc #metrovan #healthbusiness #cdnhealth #healthaccess
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Australia’s private health funds: charging hundreds monthly, offering vague answers in return.
My recent HCF experience pushed me to research & across the board, the complaints are high.
Too much market concentration?
How do we fix it?
#PrivateHealth #Auspol
My recent HCF experience pushed me to research & across the board, the complaints are high.
Too much market concentration?
How do we fix it?
#PrivateHealth #Auspol
April 13, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Australia’s private health funds: charging hundreds monthly, offering vague answers in return.
My recent HCF experience pushed me to research & across the board, the complaints are high.
Too much market concentration?
How do we fix it?
#PrivateHealth #Auspol
My recent HCF experience pushed me to research & across the board, the complaints are high.
Too much market concentration?
How do we fix it?
#PrivateHealth #Auspol
Labour's Alice Perry has been peddling connections to government for private health and Cicero, who Blackrock. At least 15 Labour MPs have been introduced to Aviva by Perry.
#LabourLobbying #PrivateHealth
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/a...
#LabourLobbying #PrivateHealth
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Alice Perry: Labour bureaucrat, former lobbyist for Cicero and now for the UK’s third largest private health insurer, Aviva
Alice Perry has been a long-serving bureaucrat at the top of the Labour party, a lobbyist at the firm representing Blackrock and Barclays, and now she’s paid by a private health insurance fir…
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com
April 15, 2025 at 11:33 AM
Labour's Alice Perry has been peddling connections to government for private health and Cicero, who Blackrock. At least 15 Labour MPs have been introduced to Aviva by Perry.
#LabourLobbying #PrivateHealth
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/a...
#LabourLobbying #PrivateHealth
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/a...
#UnitedHealth want to silence their social media critics via 'lawfare'.
So let's all start posting about #UHC's known abuses, denials of care, overbilling and corrupt practices, many of which are proven in court.
Here's a helpful list 👇
#UHG #PrivateHealth
www.economicliberties.us/data-tools/u...
So let's all start posting about #UHC's known abuses, denials of care, overbilling and corrupt practices, many of which are proven in court.
Here's a helpful list 👇
#UHG #PrivateHealth
www.economicliberties.us/data-tools/u...
UnitedHealth Group Abuse Tracker - American Economic Liberties Project
UnitedHealth Group has a long history of denying claims for necessary procedures or medications, unfairly squeezing out independent physician practices and pharmacies, and fraudulently manipulating me...
www.economicliberties.us
February 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
#UnitedHealth want to silence their social media critics via 'lawfare'.
So let's all start posting about #UHC's known abuses, denials of care, overbilling and corrupt practices, many of which are proven in court.
Here's a helpful list 👇
#UHG #PrivateHealth
www.economicliberties.us/data-tools/u...
So let's all start posting about #UHC's known abuses, denials of care, overbilling and corrupt practices, many of which are proven in court.
Here's a helpful list 👇
#UHG #PrivateHealth
www.economicliberties.us/data-tools/u...
Streeting always looks puzzled as if he has no idea of what he is doing. Sorry to saythat he is likely to be a puppet of privatehealth corps.
@uklabour.bsky.social you are a disgrace in your toryland policies. Please change tack....
@uklabour.bsky.social you are a disgrace in your toryland policies. Please change tack....
November 13, 2024 at 9:58 AM
Streeting always looks puzzled as if he has no idea of what he is doing. Sorry to saythat he is likely to be a puppet of privatehealth corps.
@uklabour.bsky.social you are a disgrace in your toryland policies. Please change tack....
@uklabour.bsky.social you are a disgrace in your toryland policies. Please change tack....
Labour's Alice Perry has been peddling connections to government for private health and Cicero, who represent BlackRock. At least 15 Labour MPs have been introduced to Aviva by Perry.
#LabourLobbying #PrivateHealth
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/a...
#LabourLobbying #PrivateHealth
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/a...
Alice Perry: Labour bureaucrat, former lobbyist for Cicero and now for the UK’s third largest private health insurer, Aviva
Alice Perry has been a long-serving bureaucrat at the top of the Labour party, a lobbyist at the firm representing Blackrock and Barclays, and now she’s paid by a private health insurance fir…
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com
April 15, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Labour's Alice Perry has been peddling connections to government for private health and Cicero, who represent BlackRock. At least 15 Labour MPs have been introduced to Aviva by Perry.
#LabourLobbying #PrivateHealth
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/a...
#LabourLobbying #PrivateHealth
labourrightwatch.wordpress.com/2025/04/15/a...
3/3 It's weird that we NEVER see any of this flagrant CORRUPTION/"back-door #Privatisation" of #OurNHS,on the malignant, #BroadcastMedia?😬..I can't think*why*🤨those pointless,overpaid,*churnalists*with their #PrivateHealth policies,🤑-don't give a damn,about the #CorporateCrooks at #DHSC/NHSEngland!🤬
August 7, 2026 at 3:05 PM
3/3 It's weird that we NEVER see any of this flagrant CORRUPTION/"back-door #Privatisation" of #OurNHS,on the malignant, #BroadcastMedia?😬..I can't think*why*🤨those pointless,overpaid,*churnalists*with their #PrivateHealth policies,🤑-don't give a damn,about the #CorporateCrooks at #DHSC/NHSEngland!🤬
#GetTHEM⏬OUT of #OurNHS
#OUT-OfGovernment...AND
#OUT-Of-OURLIVES..ASAP!
And THEIR ROTTEN money-grubbing, #PrivateHealth, #CronyDonors with em!
#OUT-OfGovernment...AND
#OUT-Of-OURLIVES..ASAP!
And THEIR ROTTEN money-grubbing, #PrivateHealth, #CronyDonors with em!
May 10, 2025 at 9:32 PM
#GetTHEM⏬OUT of #OurNHS
#OUT-OfGovernment...AND
#OUT-Of-OURLIVES..ASAP!
And THEIR ROTTEN money-grubbing, #PrivateHealth, #CronyDonors with em!
#OUT-OfGovernment...AND
#OUT-Of-OURLIVES..ASAP!
And THEIR ROTTEN money-grubbing, #PrivateHealth, #CronyDonors with em!
Well as the"local #MP"-who came within just 500 votes of being defeated, is a"dead spiv walking to political oblivion"..I doubt he either "knows, nor cares" about the GP/patient ratio in #IlfordNorth
He's too busy ensuring his "filthy rich" #PrivateHealth donors get a return on their bungs to him!🤑
He's too busy ensuring his "filthy rich" #PrivateHealth donors get a return on their bungs to him!🤑
November 10, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Well as the"local #MP"-who came within just 500 votes of being defeated, is a"dead spiv walking to political oblivion"..I doubt he either "knows, nor cares" about the GP/patient ratio in #IlfordNorth
He's too busy ensuring his "filthy rich" #PrivateHealth donors get a return on their bungs to him!🤑
He's too busy ensuring his "filthy rich" #PrivateHealth donors get a return on their bungs to him!🤑
Carmel Monaghan, the former chief executive of Ramsay Health Care in Australia, explains why leadership responsibility is as important as compliance with national patient safety standards.
healthcaretoday.com/article/carm...
#Healthcare #PrivateHealth #Leadership #Compliance #PatientSafety
healthcaretoday.com/article/carm...
#Healthcare #PrivateHealth #Leadership #Compliance #PatientSafety
January 26, 2026 at 9:39 AM
Carmel Monaghan, the former chief executive of Ramsay Health Care in Australia, explains why leadership responsibility is as important as compliance with national patient safety standards.
healthcaretoday.com/article/carm...
#Healthcare #PrivateHealth #Leadership #Compliance #PatientSafety
healthcaretoday.com/article/carm...
#Healthcare #PrivateHealth #Leadership #Compliance #PatientSafety
Dive into this month's Healthcare Today Digest for interviews and insights from healthcare's brightest pioneers and thought-leaders.
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#publichealth #privatehealth #patientsafety #litigation #inquests #government #policy #regulation #compliance #technology #innovation
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#publichealth #privatehealth #patientsafety #litigation #inquests #government #policy #regulation #compliance #technology #innovation
April 24, 2026 at 6:47 AM
Dive into this month's Healthcare Today Digest for interviews and insights from healthcare's brightest pioneers and thought-leaders.
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#publichealth #privatehealth #patientsafety #litigation #inquests #government #policy #regulation #compliance #technology #innovation
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#publichealth #privatehealth #patientsafety #litigation #inquests #government #policy #regulation #compliance #technology #innovation
Northern Irish private operator Duality Healthcare is to open a private GP clinic in Belfast to meet the growing need for care in the city centre.
healthcaretoday.com/article/dual...
#Healthcare #PrivateHealth #Belfast #PrivateGP
healthcaretoday.com/article/dual...
#Healthcare #PrivateHealth #Belfast #PrivateGP
February 26, 2026 at 8:03 AM
Northern Irish private operator Duality Healthcare is to open a private GP clinic in Belfast to meet the growing need for care in the city centre.
healthcaretoday.com/article/dual...
#Healthcare #PrivateHealth #Belfast #PrivateGP
healthcaretoday.com/article/dual...
#Healthcare #PrivateHealth #Belfast #PrivateGP
Je pense qui s’est bien dit qu’ils sont des putes, ces compagnies de santé, avec tout le respecte aux vrais putes.
#healthcrisis #privatehealth
#healthcrisis #privatehealth
Health Insurance companies can eat a bag of dicks. A medication that has been approved multiple times that costs thousands is no longer approved because it's "not medically necessary" and isn't good for you. Then why did the doctor order it?
It's because we met the deductible and it's free now.
It's because we met the deductible and it's free now.
September 18, 2026 at 10:04 PM
Je pense qui s’est bien dit qu’ils sont des putes, ces compagnies de santé, avec tout le respecte aux vrais putes.
#healthcrisis #privatehealth
#healthcrisis #privatehealth
The landscape of private cancer treatment is evolving, say Lloyds Clinical. Patients are seeking care models that prioritise quality of life and convenience without compromising clinical outcomes.
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#Healthcare
#PrivateHealth
#CancerCare
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#Healthcare
#PrivateHealth
#CancerCare
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March 20, 2026 at 10:05 AM
The landscape of private cancer treatment is evolving, say Lloyds Clinical. Patients are seeking care models that prioritise quality of life and convenience without compromising clinical outcomes.
healthcaretoday.com/article/inte...
#Healthcare
#PrivateHealth
#CancerCare
SPONSORED CONTENT
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#Healthcare
#PrivateHealth
#CancerCare
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