Is health insurance worth it? Let’s shut down private health and start again

Is health insurance worth it? Let’s shut down private health and start again

The government has ditched higher private health fund rebates for those aged over 65. But the whole system needs to be dumped.

  • byJenna Price

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For young people like Madison,cancer costs more than their health

For young people like Madison,cancer costs more than their health

Brisbane student Madison Purkis was just 19 when she was diagnosed with a rare form of cancer that struck both her body and bank account.

  • byCourtney Kruk
Young ‘superspreaders’ targeted in bid to avoid repeat of deadly flu season

Young ‘superspreaders’ targeted in bid to avoid repeat of deadly flu season

The state hopes an expansion of its nasal spray flu vaccine program will encourage more people to get inoculated following last year’s horror flu season.

  • byCourtney Kruk
Charlie was just a baby when hot oil burned his body. His mum wants to help kids like him

Charlie was just a baby when hot oil burned his body. His mum wants to help kids like him

The Gold Coast mother still remembers the moment her 11-month-old son pulled a deep fryer of hot oil off a kitchen bench,burning 36 per cent of his body.

  • byCourtney Kruk
‘Huge failure’:Lack of action on disability inquiry’s findings prompts fears of violence

‘Huge failure’:Lack of action on disability inquiry’s findings prompts fears of violence

Only 3 per cent of more than 200 recommendations outlined by the disability royal commission have been implemented,a new Queensland-based analysis shows.

  • byCourtney Kruk
Modern evolution for medical students as Sydney Uni change revealed
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Modern evolution for medical students as Sydney Uni change revealed

Sydney University has become the first university in Australia to offer the new model to its postgrad medical students.

  • byRachel Rasker
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Fifty years ago,these men set out to defeat an insidious disease. A fortnight ago,they did
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Fifty years ago,these men set out to defeat an insidious disease. A fortnight ago,they did

Fred Hollows was a true mentor and teacher. Following his example,on April 29,Australia finally defeated the world’s leading infectious cause of preventable blindness.

  • byHugh Taylor
Amputations,heart attacks,days of vomiting:The horror toll of ‘backyard’ peptides
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Amputations,heart attacks,days of vomiting:The horror toll of ‘backyard’ peptides

Victorians are taking peptides for everything from weight loss and body building to skin improvements. Many end up in hospitals with severe side effects.

  • byMelissa Cunningham andHenrietta Cook
‘Absence of anything’:How the end of school marks a new challenge for these kids

‘Absence of anything’:How the end of school marks a new challenge for these kids

For this Brisbane mother,the years after her autistic son finished school were harder than any that had come before.

  • byCourtney Kruk
GP accused of sexual assault on patients bailed to Bellevue Hill home

GP accused of sexual assault on patients bailed to Bellevue Hill home

Multiple patients have made accusations against the Sydney doctor over a period spanning decades.

  • byJack Gramenz
‘Don’t wait til 2am in a hospital corridor’:The five questions every adult needs to ask their parents
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‘Don’t wait til 2am in a hospital corridor’:The five questions every adult needs to ask their parents

Kerry Milligan can joke about death. These questions stumped her in the best way.

  • byKate Aubusson