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Commentary: Breaking the rules of health care — paying your doctor

Most Americans — Democrats, Republicans and independents — agree that the cost of medical care has gotten out of control in our country.

Tribune News Service

Medicare to cover costs of at-home COVID tests this spring. Here’s what to know

Millions of Americans enrolled in Medicare will soon have access to free at-home COVID-19 tests this spring.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

George Skelton: Single-payer health care in California is out of reach. Universal health care is a better bet

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — After all the scuffling over single-payer health care legislation, the author mercifully killed the bill himself. It was smart — the only possible move that made sense.

Los Angeles Times

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Medicare opens up access to free at-home COVID-19 tests

The Biden administration says people with Medicare will be able to get up to eight free over-the-counter COVID-19 tests per month, starting in early spring

The Independent UK

Can Dems save pharma bill — and House?

Dems "cannot overstate the paramount urgency" of passing bill after Big Pharma hikes prices on hundreds of drugs

Salon

Coronavirus live: Europe in virus ‘ceasefire’ with tranquil period ahead, says WHO; record UK long Covid cases — as it happened

Europe could enter ‘long period of Covid tranquility’ due to high vaccination rates, WHO says; record 1.33 million UK long Covid patients

The Guardian - AU

Counsellors plead for Medicare cover to ease regional mental health crisis

Queensland counsellors want to be included in the Medicare rebate scheme to assist overworked regional psychologists.

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Noosa's youth have limited access to proper health services for mental illness and drug addiction, experts warn

Advocates say Noosa's youth are struggling to find the mental health support they need and it's a snapshot of broader problems in communities along Queensland's east coast.

ABC News

Anthony Albanese says Labor would provide 'limited' number of free RATs, would manufacture medical supplies in Australia

Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has clarified Labor's pledge to provide free rapid tests to all Australians if elected this year, saying people will get access to a "limited" number through Medicare.

ABC News

Medicare won't pay for home Covid tests

The laws governing Medicare don’t provide coverage for self-administered diagnostic tests

Salon

Q&A: Why Medicare doesn’t pay for at-home rapid COVID tests

What group is especially vulnerable to the ravages of COVID-19 even if fully vaccinated and boosted? Seniors. And who will have an especially tough time getting free at-home COVID tests under the Biden administration’s plan? Yes, seniors.

Tribune News Service

Australian Labor ‘will always be better’ than Coalition on health, Anthony Albanese says

Opposition leader’s comments are a sign Labor will outbid Morrison government on health funding in lead-up to election

The Guardian - AU

Education and health key to Labor pitch

Anthony Albanese's bid for taking Labor into government is focused on jobs, education, health and restoring trust in the political process.

AAP

The drugs pushing prescription prices down for Medicare patients

Brand prices are spiking, but generics have driven average prices down overall.

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Single-payer health care is the right system. Can California build it on its own?

California, which has shown the determination to go it alone in areas such as environmental protection, scientific research and workers' rights when its values conflict with policies at the federal level, is moving forward with its most audacious effort yet.

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