Glucosamine
(Online 05/08)
It's a popular alternative treatment for osteoarthritis but does it really work? New research makes the evidence look shaky.
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Health insurance
(Updated 09/2008)
Use our buying guide to decide if after tax changes and premium increases health cover is still worthwhile for your family - premiums are current as of March 2009 and don't include the April 2009 increase.
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Medicareless (archived)
(Online 02/00)
How much would consumers pay for healthcare if Medicare didn't exist? Nicola Ballenden investigates how the figures stack up.
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Medicare is for everyone
(Online 04/03)
At a time when new government policies put universal access to bulk-billing at risk, the Consumers' Association and other like-minded organisations have proposed a program to breathe new life into Medicare.*
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Health insurers should stop quibbling
(Online 05/08; updated 12/08)
CHOICE says that changes to the Medicare levy surcharge are fair.
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Bulk-billing rates lowest in poorest electorates (archived)
(Online 09/03)
Federal electorates with the lowest incomes also have the lowest rates of Medicare bulk-billing, according to a new analysis commissioned by the Australian Consumers' Association.
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Medicare claims
(Online 05/07)
Soon you may get your money back direct at your doctor's surgery.
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Could you retire at 50? (archived)
(Online 04/01)
If you juggle your finances carefully and take some investment risks you might be able to say goodbye to your boss well before your 65th birthday.
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Start your own bank
(Online 05/02)
Fed up with your bank, or your branch has closed? Copy other communities and start your own.
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Where to invest $5000
(Online 10/04)
We assess seven savings and investment options.
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