Medibank chief denies saying private patients should get priority

George Savvides rejects statement by AMA president Brian Owler and says his comments were taken out of context

AMA warns against push by private health insurers into ‘US-style care’

Brian Owler, Australian Medical Association president, fears medical profession at risk of being undermined

Conservative judges are ganging up to steal your affordable healthcare

Scott Lemieux: Want evidence that Republicans have allies on the bench? Look no further than the Bush appointees who hate Obamacare

The Hobby Lobby ruling proves men of the law still can’t get over ‘immoral’ women having sex

Jessica Valenti: In between the lines of the supreme court's decision on contraception coverage is an obsession with female purity

Doctors protest 2% fee to insurers

The Obama administration's healthcare act allows insurers to push transaction fees onto doctors, who are calling for changes

Accident and sickness insurance: what you need to know

Should you find yourself seriously ill and unable to work, how can you ensure you and your family are properly protected?

For healthcare.gov, insurance sign-ups are far from smooth sailing

Federal and state healthcare exchanges still have a long way to go before they're ready to handle another enrolment

World Cup health warning: Alan Hansen urges England fans to get vaccinations

In a video released today by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office BBC pundit Alan Hansen warns fans travelling to Brazil for the World Cup to get vaccinations

Millennials on Obamacare: what do you mean, affordable?

'Young invincibles' struggle to come up with reasons to justify paying for health insurance, finding obstacles and not incentives

There’s no financial, ethical or clinical justification for NHS charges

Jacky Davis: The health industrial complex has been eyeing up the NHS budget for years. Building the myth that it is 'outdated and unaffordable' is just the first step