by Michelle | Dec 1, 2021 | No to US Managed Health Care, Send the Eagle Home
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...
by Michelle | Nov 4, 2021 | No to US Managed Health Care, Send the Eagle Home
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...
by Michelle | Oct 21, 2021 | No to US Managed Health Care, Send the Eagle Home
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...
by Michelle | Oct 7, 2021 | No to US Managed Health Care, Send the Eagle Home
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...
by Michelle | Sep 23, 2021 | No to US Managed Health Care, Send the Eagle Home
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...
by Michelle | Sep 8, 2021 | No to US Managed Health Care, Send the Eagle Home
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...
