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More businesses are offering online medical certificates and telehealth prescriptions. What are the pros and cons?

Telehealth has played an important role during the pandemic. Telephone and online consultations have enabled social distancing and kept patients and clinicians safe from transmissible infections.

The Conversation

Republican idea of "freedom" is deadly

For decades Republicans have owned the concept of "freedom." What they're really pushing is suffering and death

Salon

WA primary healthcare nurse practitioners say Medicare rebates must rise

Communities across regional Western Australia are having to self-fund visits from nurse practitioners, arguing Medicare rebates are too low to attract full-time medical staff.

ABC News

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Higher speeds for intercity trains will deliver a big rail rethink

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Newcastle Herald

A Georgia Senate runoff poll points to challenges for Walker, Warnock

ATLANTA — A new poll focusing on the Dec. 6 runoff between U.S. Sen. Raphael Warnock and Republican Herschel Walker shows a close race with challenges for both as they rush to rebuild their coalitions.

Tribune News Service

The Dunkirk election: Hey, we survived

Democrats learned important lessons and developed crucial new strategies. They survived — but they didn't win

Salon

Audits — hidden until now — reveal millions in Medicare Advantage overcharges

Newly released federal audits reveal widespread overcharges and other errors in payments to Medicare Advantage health plans for seniors, with some plans overbilling the government more than $1,000 per patient a year on average.

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Hidden audits reveal millions in overcharges by Medicare Advantage plans

Taxpayers footed the bill for care that should have cost far less, according to records released under the Freedom of Information Act. The U.S. government may charge insurers $650 million as a result.

WEKU

Erin Lowry: Gen Z, keep your day job. Being your own boss is hard

American work culture often puts entrepreneurship on a pedestal. For many, building a successful company so they can be their own boss is the ultimate career achievement. Blame “Shark Tank.”

Tribune News Service

The Medicare insulin price cap explained

A cut in drug prices for some Medicare beneficiaries kicks in next year, but finding those savings isn't easy

Salon

Michael Hiltzik: 'Moderates' like Mitt Romney are threatening Social Security. Democrats don't have to let them

You may have thought that the drubbing Republicans received in the recent election would have prompted party leaders to think more warily about promoting policies that nauseate the voting public.

Los Angeles Times

Medicare plan finder likely won’t note new $35 cap on out-of-pocket insulin costs

A big cut in prescription drug prices for some Medicare beneficiaries kicks in next year, but finding those savings isn’t easy.

Tribune News Service

Democrats mull debt limit options as lame-duck window narrows - Roll Call

Democrats want to address the debt limit before this Congress, and likely their control in Washington, ends at the close of the year.

Roll Call

Social Security benefits in 2023: 5 big changes retirees should plan for

Inflation has been sky-high over the last year, so it’s a good thing that the Social Security Administration (SSA) is boosting its cost of living adjustment (COLA) for benefit checks in 2023. It’s just one of many changes announced by Social Security recently.

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Pelosi urges vote on debt ceiling in lame-duck session to avoid risk

WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi signaled that Democrats will seek to extend the federal debt ceiling during the lame-duck session of Congress, avoiding a potential fight with Republicans that she said could threaten the United States' credit rating.

The Canberra Times

Care factor: Kambah GPs aim to beat 'churn' with longer appointments

The owners of a Kambah general practice says it is rebranding to refocus on patient care.

ABC News

Federal government lobbied to extend mental health initiative for bulk-billed sessions

Hayley Prenter is one of almost 40 per cent of 16-24 year olds who reported a mental health condition last year, whose treatment plans will be cut short if the federal government stops funding an extra 10 sessions a year.

Fortune

How much money you need saved to retire

You need 80% of your pre-retirement income per year in retirement to continue living a similar lifestyle.

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The Guardian - AU

Our mental health care system is not fit for purpose – I should know

Extra resources poured into the system during Covid gave us a tantalising glimpse of what could be – but it’s still too little, and it’s ending too soon

Al Jazeera

Australian police blame Russian hackers for medical records leak

Hackers have demanded $10m to stop releasing sensitive medical information on dark web.

Newcastle Herald

Landlords get wrong end of a smoking hot property market too

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Tribune News Service

Haven’t seen your doctor in a few years? You may need to find a new one

When Claudia Siegel got a stomach bug earlier this year, she reached out to her primary care doctor to prescribe something to relieve her diarrhea. The Philadelphia resident was surprised when she received an online message informing her that because she hadn’t visited her doctor in more than three years,…

Salon

Haven’t seen your doctor in a few years?

Some primary care doctors drop seldom-seen patients, a problem for those who postponed visits amid the pandemic

ABC News

Tasmania doesn't have enough GPs to meet the growing demand — and experts warn it will get worse

When Liz Christie heard her regular GP was retiring from the profession, she was disappointed, but figured she would just switch to another doctor in the Battery Point clinic — then she got a message saying she would need to find a new practice.

The Independent UK

5 mistakes you’re making with Medicare open enrollment

Millions of retirees are in the thick of Medicare open enrollment, which runs from Oct. 15 to Dec. 7, but many find the process challenging

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