Australia Falling Into the Trap of US Style Managed Care
In the chaos of Covid pandemic, Health Insurance giant Honeysuckle Cigna NIB have sunk their talons into Australian Healthcare system and moving a step closer to US Style Managed Healthcare System. Becoming more profitable with each passing year, health...
US Style Managed Care: Practitioners & Patients Made Pawns for Profit
Australia’s trend towards adopting US-style Managed Healthcare treating Clinicians, Hospitals and Patients as Pawns – a mere means to a profitable end. Managed Care, Network Care, Vertical Care however insurers market the model the bottom line is the same – taking...
Healthcare Should not be a Wealth Issue
The Australian Healthcare System, though far from perfect, is world class – it's patient centric, irrespective of social status or wealth. ACCC’s recent decision to authorise the buying group Honeysuckle NIB Cigna for the next five years, threatens the core values of...
Health Insurance is Not Healthcare
There is a clear and present danger that comes hand in hand with the ACCC's decision authorising the buying group Honeysuckle NIB Cigna for the next five years - Insurance become the guardians and final decision makers in the delivery of patient health care. Stealing...
ACCC Authorisation Another Step Towards US Style Managed Care
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has authorised health insurer NIB and Honeysuckle Health to establish a health services buying group and operate for five years. The buying group allowed to collectively negotiate contracts on behalf of a group...
US-Style Managed Care Risk to Australia’s Healthcare System
US-Style Managed Care Encumbers Australia’s Healthcare System Australia’s trend towards adopting US-style Managed Healthcare is disadvantageous for patients further eking out benefits. Looking at new ways to reduce costs - Health Insurance giants Honeysuckle Cigna NIB...
Australian Healthcare Easy Prey to Insurance Giants
The Australian healthcare system is easy prey to Insurance giants Honeysuckle Cigna NIB introducing US style managed healthcare into Australia. In the chaos of Covid and lock downs they are quietly remodelling the Australian Healthcare System to that of American...
The Australian Healthcare System at the Precipice of Change
The Australian Healthcare System is at the precipice of change Honeysuckle NIB Cigna quietly moulding Australian healthcare to model the US Style Managed Care system. Under the chaos of the current pandemic, changes are being introduced quietly and the...
The Pen is Mightier Than The Sword
US style managed Healthcare Reduces Quality of Healthcare, Restricts Clinical Autonomy, Removes Patients Choice. It increases likelihood of breaches in patient privacy, hikes up costs and lead to a rise in low value care. Now more than ever it is important we advocate...
Australian Healthcare’s David & Goliath
Modelling the current Australian healthcare system to that of the US, Insurance Goliath Honeysuckle NIB & Cigna are quietly introducing US style managed health care into Australia. Under US style managed care there are extended wait times due to having...
US Style Managed Care: Reduces Quality of Healthcare
Contracting out patient health to the lowest bidder - US style managed style care reduces quality of Healthcare, limits patient choice & restricts Clinical Autonomy. Where the cheapest type of care is delivered in lieu of what is appropriate in order to protect...
The Americanisation of the Australian Healthcare System
Managed Care or Network Care, however it is marketed to be more palatable to the Australian Public is basically the Americanisation of the Australian Healthcare System. Where Healthcare is driven by organisations in the interest of shareholders and investors rather...
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