Dental Insurance News
Rudd's 'fix' for health won't be quick
Tuesday July 28, 2009
KEVIN Rudd has flagged that early next year he's set to bid for at least a partial takeover of state health responsibilities, including more detailed involvement in their public hospitals.Dental Plan For Students
Monday March 3, 2008
KOTARA South Public School student Sebastian Webster is one of about 1 million young Australians who the Federal Government says will benefit from its new teen dental plan.Dental Care Is Failing The Needy
Monday March 19, 2007
ONE in four Australians has untreated tooth decay and public dental care has remained "chronically under-funded" for the past decade, a new national survey of oral health shows.Holes In Our Dental Care
Tuesday January 2, 2007
Holes in our dental carePublic Dental Health Services, Our National Disgrace
Tuesday June 28, 2005
RE TOM Noble's article, "Pensioner steaks claim on new teeth" (The Age, 23/6), about 74-year-old pensioner William Hurkens, who waited more than four years for dentures. It is a timely reminder of the continuing story of inequity of access to dental health services. Best wishes to Mr Hurkens, whose case was unexpectedly prioritised by a senior state bureaucrat after he went "public" with his story.Fed Up To The Back Teeth
Wednesday February 16, 2005
Short of bottomless spending, no state can guarantee all its citizens will grow up with perfect Hollywood smiles. But as Ross King, head of the Australian Dental Council, says, the least people should expect is a healthy mouth for life. The advent of fluoride in public water supplies and advances in modern dentistry mean no person growing up today need ever loose any teeth apart from milk teeth - something undreamt of even a generation ago.Dental Crisis Exposes Great Divide
Tuesday February 15, 2005
Public dental health in NSW is in a state of serious neglect, with some patients waiting eight years for attention and the number of children needing hospital treatment doubling over the past decade.Pensioner Awaits Dental Help After Years Of Ill Health
Thursday March 11, 2004
Three years ago, a dentist told Evelyn Howarth she needed $5000 in dental work to repair her broken and brittle teeth.Rebate Stays, Dental Scheme Makes Comeback
Saturday January 31, 2004
The Opposition Leader, Mark Latham, has given his strongest signal that a Labor government would maintain the $2.5 billion private health insurance rebate.Labor Aims For A Dental Safety Net
Friday January 23, 2004
A national dental scheme aimed at more than 500,000 disadvantaged Australians is expected to feature as the first big health announcement for the new federal Opposition leader, Mark Latham.State Seeks Review Of Insurance Rebate
Friday January 16, 2004
Victorian Health Minister Bronwyn Pike has called for a sweeping review of the Commonwealth's $2.4-billion-a-year private health insurance rebate to make sure taxpayers and health fund members are getting value for money.Public Dental Waiting Lists Leap More Than 50%
Saturday April 26, 2003
Waiting lists for public dental care have jumped more than 50 per cent since the Bracks Government came to power.Insurance Crisis Menaces More Health Workers
Friday June 7, 2002
The insurance crisis has spread from GPs to other fields of health care, with audiologists, pharmacists, physiotherapists and dentists told to brace for premium rises of up to 80 per cent.The `health Insurance' Furphy That The Public Can't Afford
Monday March 11, 2002
Billions spent subsidising private health insurance would be far better directed to reaffirming Medicare, writes Stephen Leeder.Insurance Gaffe Leaves Pm Shaking His Head
Friday February 8, 2002
The Prime Minister yesterday jumped on speculation of changes to the health insurance rebate after a loose comment by his new Health Minister.Dental Scheme Targets 4 Million
Tuesday October 9, 2001
Labor will restore the national dental scheme for pensioners and low-income earners but it will operate on a quarter of the funding of the original program scrapped by the Coalition in 1996.Dodgy Insurance Claims Hit 25pc
Sunday February 11, 2001
ONE in four travel insurance claims is fraudulent, according to local travel insurance industry pioneer Tony Dear.The Long March To Private Health
Thursday September 28, 2000
``The 30 per cent (health insurance) rebate is effectively a subsidy to the private health insurance industry and is larger than the budgetary assistance for the mining, manufacturing and primary agricultural industries combined." -- Professor Stephen Duckett, former head of the Commonwealth De1,000 A Day Quit Their Private Health Insurance
Thursday August 21, 1997
One thousand people a day deserted their private health cover in the three months leading up to the start of the Federal Government's billion dollar-plus tax rescue package for the industry. The figures were released yesterday by the Private Health Insurance Administration Council. Only 31.9 perTravel Insurance - Don't Leave Home Without It
Monday December 7, 1992
Leaving Australia without adequate insurance cover is foolhardy. But, before choosing a policy, you need to work out what your priorities are, as VITA PALESTRANT reports. BUDGETING for an overseas trip invariably follows the same pattern. No sooner have you taken a final ghastly tally than addi