Why America needs a 'do-over' on Medicaid reform
May 12, 2017 10:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Politics Law
One of the most important pieces of the newly passed House health bill is a possible US$800 billion cut over 10 years to Medicaid, the federal program designed to provide insurance coverage to the poor. That bill,...
Drug testing welfare recipients raises questions about data profiling and discrimination
May 12, 2017 06:25 am UTC| Insights & Views Law Health
The Australian governments proposed random drug test trial for welfare recipients is not so random. Announced as part of the 2017 federal budget, Treasurer Scott Morrison wants 5,000 people on Newstart or Youth...
Don't be fooled, the Medicare Guarantee Fund provides no real guarantee
May 12, 2017 06:04 am UTC| Insights & Views Health Politics
Treasurer Scott Morrison pulled a health-related rabbit out of his hat on budget night, announcing the government will guarantee the future of Medicare. It will do this by allocating any extra revenue from the recently...
Here's why 'cool' offices don't always make for a happier workforce
May 11, 2017 14:53 pm UTC| Health
Who are Britains happiest workers? The people who staff the London office of US travel tech firm Expedia, according to Glassdoors annual workplace satisfaction survey. In both 2016 and 2017, Expedia rated highest for...
Four myths about diabetes debunked
May 09, 2017 15:43 pm UTC| Health
The World Health Organisation estimates that the number of people with diabetes is 422m, globally. And between 1980 and 2014 the number of people with the condition almost doubled. Despite the high prevalence of the...
Prescribing generic drugs will reduce patient confusion and medication errors
May 09, 2017 15:11 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
In last nights federal budget, Treasurer Scott Morrison announced an anticipated range of measures to encourage doctors to prescribe generic medicines rather than their more expensive brand name equivalents. So unless...
Therapy for life-threatening eating disorders works, so why can't people access it?
May 08, 2017 09:27 am UTC| Health
Eating disorders are complex mental illnesses that have one of the highest death rates of any psychiatric disorder. Among people with anorexia nervosa who commonly deprive themselves of food due to an obsessive fear of...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Biden administration tells employers to stop shackling workers with ‘noncompete agreements’
IceCube researchers detect a rare type of energetic neutrino sent from powerful astronomical objects