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Woman must pay $1500 a week to stay alive; drug not on Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
A Tasmanian cancer sufferer will have to fork out $1500 a week for treatment to save her life.
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Million-dollar babies
It's fast approaching that time of year again. (second only too late in January perhaps, when we strip mine our bank accounts to cover school fees and new uniforms)
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Insurance Claims Paid in 2010
The risk store has compiled this table to show the contribution that the life risk industry makes to its policyholders’ families and businesses.
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Breast cancer drug available at a cost
A new drug designed for women with advanced breast cancer has officially hit the market, but the treatment will soon carry a $45,000 price tag.
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Record Cost for an Operation
A patient underwent a $304,119 operation for a brain aneurism in what is believed to be Australia's largest medical claim.
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Five heart operations but no money to help
Little boy's cost ... an insurance payout would have helped Olga Smitala subsidise the care and treatment of her five-year-old son, Alexandro, who has a congenital heart condition.
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Selling the family home to pay for a life saving cancer drug
Queenslander Greg Ostrofski says he cannot wait any longer and will consider selling his house to pay for the life saving drug treatment.
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