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It can be tough to access front-line health care outside the cities and suburbs. For the seven million Australians living in rural communities there are significant challenges in accessing health care due to serious workforce shortages, geographic isolation and socioeconomic disadvantage. This results in rural people having poorer quality of…

Regional and remote Australians have lower life expectancy, higher mortality rates and little access to local health services according to a new report.

Medicare is “not going to be fixed in one budget”, which is true of course, but this one will set the scene for future budgets.

When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, Dr. Corey Siegel was more prepared than most of his peers.

"House Republicans are trying to slash lifelines for middle-class families on behalf of rich special interests"

A Medicare rebate increase is not off the table but the health minister warns reforms will be the first step before more money is put into the system.

The first drug to show that it slows Alzheimer’s is on sale, but treatment for most patients is still several months away

People in NSW town are being urged to stay away from downed power lines. This blog is now closed

"This resolution is ... about laying the groundwork to cut Social Security and Medicare," warned Rep. Mark Pocan

President Joe Biden announced on Jan. 30, 2023, that he intends to end both the national emergency and the public health emergency declarations related to COVID-19 on May 11, 2023.

Critics of the Medicare review say the federal government has not provided specific actions or timelines to address problems facing the healthcare system.