Loyalty is great, but if your health fund is not showing you loyalty, don't give it blindly in return. Shopping around for your health cover can sometimes save you hundreds, and it doesn't have to be difficult. Approach the exercise as you would when getting some work done around the house: get 3 quotes and pick the best one, and you should be able to improve the value you're ... read more>

There’s been some sobering figures out this week about how 40% of those of us aged more than 45 suffer from at least two of the eight most common chronic diseases. The two most frequent maladies, arthritis and cardiovascular disease, usually occur alongside each other and back pain according to the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW). But there’s still one chro... read more>

Private health insurers don’t exactly top most patients’ popularity polls with their regularly rising premiums, gap payments and complex exclusions. But the present stoush between the largest, the recently privatised Medibank Private, and the private hospital sector has implications for what we pay and where we might be treated. If talks this week between Medibank and the Cath... read more>

It’s worth having an open mind about Private Health Insurance (PHI) because far too many people end up paying too much for policies which can leave them feeling a bit sick.. If  you don’t want to be one of the disappointed here are a few thoughts which might save time, worry and even money. We can’t do much about the above inflation increases year-on-year. On averag... read more>

Congratulations, members. You did it! There are front-page reports today (pictured) confirming what many suspected – that the Federal Government has heeded the concerns of the FiftyUp Club and other groups and shelved its plans for GP co-payments.[1] CLICK HERE to send a Thankyou email to Health Minister Peter Dutton As you’ll recall, FiftyUp Club Chairman John Mangos met with […]

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