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Research says 15% of people seeking counselling after unplanned pregnancies experience behaviour that interferes with their own decisions

The Greens argue the measures would save the average household thousands, and the government could pay for the $182 billion measures by taxing gas companies and extremely wealthy Australians.

Rule that nurses must be supervised for clinics to be reimbursed nearly caused ‘health disaster’ when rural GP had to isolate, expert says

Senator Joe Manchin, the architect of the Democrats’ new tax, climate and drugs bill, made a public pitch to his colleague Kyrsten Sinema to get on board with the legislation, arguing that it doesn’t raise taxes.

Sione Lavalu lost his health insurance after Covid stranded him in Australia and now owes $79,000 after suffering major burns

Hospice care, once provided primarily by nonprofit agencies, has seen a remarkable shift over the past decade, with more than two-thirds of hospices nationwide now operating as for-profit entities. The ability to turn a quick profit in caring for people in their last days of life is attracting a new…

Interest groups are spending millions in hopes of blocking legislation allowing Medicare to demand lower prices for prescription drugs.

Organisation says fees for treatment of injuries, MRIs and STI testing for people without medicare would be reassessed

Fran Seeley, 81, doesn’t see herself as living on the edge of a financial crisis. But she’s uncomfortably close.