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New study shows lower bulk-billing rates than Canberra's official analysis

An anesthesiologist in Milwaukee, Navy combat veteran and father of two young children, he spoke in an interview about himself, his job and the AMA’s outspokenness on big issues.

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Interest has exploded in a weight loss drug that was initially developed to help diabetics control their blood sugar.

​House Republicans are fleshing out the details of a bill that would lift the debt limit through May 2024 in exchange for spending curbs.

The end-of-life benefit costs billions a year. A new approach aims to eliminate waste and weed out bad actors, while making the care more inviting to those who most need it.

Medicare’s hospitalization trust fund is on the fast track to insolvency. That has both seniors and future retirees worried. Because our leaders in Washington have been poor stewards of the record levels of tax revenue pouring into federal coffers, Americans aren’t sure how much longer their Medicare benefits will be…

As parts of Europe and Canada start to provide free access to contraception, women's rights and sexual health advocates are asking for a similar change here.

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Extending Medicare coverage to all IVF treatments would cost taxpayers less than $1 million a year, advocates argue. The federal government is set to review the surrogacy exclusion later this year.

Australia’s health system is under significant pressure. The Labor government has inherited a system with declining bulk-billing rates for GP visits. These fell from almost 90% of all GP attendances bulk billed in December 2021 to just over 80% a year later.