Article tagged with 'Pharmac'
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Is Pharmac improving?
10 Jul 2025 - Russell Hutchinson checks back on two desperate families who sought to raise money to buy non-funded drugs to see how they got on.
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Non-PHARMAC medicines coverage – aiming for a data-informed evaluation
23 Apr 2025 - Non-PHARMAC coverage has become increasingly important to clients purchasing private health insurance, primarily due to rising public demand for treatments and medications not funded by PHARMAC (the government agency overseeing public pharmaceutical purchasing and subsidy).
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Explaining Non-Pharmac medicines coverage
16 Apr 2025 - Non-Pharmac medicines coverage – aiming for a data-informed evaluation Non-Pharmac coverage has become increasingly important to clients purchasing private health insurance, primarily due to rising public demand for treatments and medications not funded by Pharmac (the govern...
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Non-Pharmac-funded drug insurance comes with limits
19 Mar 2025 - [UPDATED] Insurance advisers need to understand that most insurers will only cover non-Pharmac-funded cancer drugs if they have been approved by Medsafe and also indicated as treatment for the specific type of cancer their client develops.
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[Opinion] Debate on funding cancer drugs good time to spread the word on health insurance
05 Jun 2024 - Funding cancer drugs – has there ever been a better time to demonstrate the value of health insurance?