health insurance
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Why Textured Breast Implants Are Best Avoided
1If you’re planning to boost your bra size via cosmetic surgery, make sure you opt for smooth, non-textured implants. That’s the take-home message from a new Australian study that compared bacterial buildups on different types of breast implant. It found that implants with a textured surface have a far higher chance of developing biofilm coatings.…
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Australian Health Insurance: A Big Rip-Off?
Private health care members in Australia pay around one fifth of their total health care expenditure, a new investigation by CHOICE has revealed. This is the highest contribution in the English speaking world and may be causing customers to downgrade their health insurance due to recent price hikes.
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ACCC Puts Private Health Insurance Under Microscope
The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has released its 2012 annual report detailing the anti-competitive practices of health funds in relation to private health insurance. Surprise, surprise: the allied healthcare providers recognised by insurers aren’t always based solely on clinical assessments.