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Tit for tat: Major parties put health at the centre of pre-election promises

Nursing Review

The Prime Minister has promised the largest single investment in Medicare in its 41 years , tripling the current bulk billing incentive but the opposition has said it will match it. How total Medicare payments for common visits will increase. Leader of the Opposition Peter Dutton has promised to match Labor's Medicare pledge.

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What to expect from tonight’s federal budget: Health and cost of living relief

Nursing Review

The budget is about strengthening Medicare and the election is Australias opportunity to protect it, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on his way into parliament Tuesday. The budget is about strengthening Medicare and the election is Australias opportunity to protect it, Treasurer Jim Chalmers said on his way into parliament Tuesday.

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Roads, Bridges, and … Caregivers?

Penn Nursing

By 2030, the Baby Boomer generation will be 65 or older.) PACE is a Medicare and Medicaid reimbursed program that provides care for older adults in the community, instead of a nursing home or long term care facility,” Hodgson says. “It But that’s not all that $400 billion of public investment in caregiving would yield.

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Nurse Practitioner Driven Home Based Primary Care Access and Immunization Intiative for Adults with Autism and/or Intellectual Disability

American Nurse

Healthy People 2030 includes four goals, one of which is to attain healthy, thriving lives and well-being free of preventable disease (Health and Human Services, 2020). The most frequently observed category of insurance was public Medicare/Medicaid (n = 27, 84.38%). In a descriptive study conducted by Maltais et al.

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Healthcare Policy: What Is It and Why Is It Important?

University of St. Augustine for Health Sciences

Healthcare Coverage In 2023, 92 percent of Americans had some form of healthcare coveragewhether employer-provided coverage, Medicare or Medicaid or private health insurance. Some policymakers are pushing for higher participation in employer-provided coverage, while others are advocating for Medicare for all.

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Foot care nursing

American Nurse

Bureau of Labor Statistics predicts that the demand for podiatrists will increase 29% by 2030, with shortages expected. Medicare expects beneficiaries or caregivers to perform routine foot care (nail trimming and shaving, paring, cutting, and removal of calluses [keratoma and tyloma] and corns [heloma]), so it’s excluded from coverage.

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Election update: Labor’s huge Medicare promises, Dutton’s blitz, and PBS vs Trump

Nursing Review

billion commitment to strengthen Medicare and expand bulk billing, comes as the government seeks to improve access to urgent care, boost the number of medical professionals, and ensure that expert health advice is just a phone call away for Australians in every community. A vote for Labor is a vote for Medicare.