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High costs, big gaps driving Australians away from health insurance
16 May 2018 - A quarter of a million Australians did not renew their private health insurance in the past ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2018
WA accuses Canberra of $1 billion health care rip-off
16 April 2018 - West Australians are missing out on $1 billion in federal health funding in a "Canberra rip-off", ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 16 Apr 2018
Private health insurance analysis shows double-digit rise in some premiums
15 April 2018 - Consumer group Choice says in one case a private provider increased costs by 45%. ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Apr 2018
Patients grappling with $10,000 out-of-pocket medical bills, survey reveals
5 April 2018 - For 30 years, Tracey Barnett and her husband Jim have paid thousands of dollars each year ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 03 Apr 2018
Political battle over private health insurance rebate heats up
3 April 2018 - The Labor opposition has said it would only remove the private health insurance rebate - an ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 28 Mar 2018
Legislation to make private health insurance simpler and more affordable
28 March 2018 - Legislation has been introduced into Parliament to deliver a wide ranging package of reforms to make private ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Mar 2018
Health consumer choice drives better care
27 March 2018 - Giving people greater choice in human services including health would give consumers more control over their ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 26 Mar 2018
Doctors name and shame health insurers as profits and complaints soar
26 March 2018 - Doctors have exposed the best and worst private health insurers in a new report card that ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Mar 2018
Bupa tweaks controversial gap cover plan following public outcry
7 March 2018 - Health fund Bupa has admitted it went a step too far amid anger over changes to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 06 Mar 2018
Health Minister orders investigation into health insurer Bupa after alarming announcements
6 March 2018 - Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has ordered the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman to investigate health fund ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Mar 2018
Record 30 per cent increase in complaints about health insurance
5 March 2018 - A startling 30% increase has seen the total number of complaints to the Private Health Insurance ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Feb 2018
What HCF and HBF's plan to merge means for health insurance customers
19 February 2018 - Health fund HCF says it hopes to be merged with not-for-profit bedfellow HBF as soon as ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Feb 2018
More Australians dispose of health insurance because of rising premiums
14 February 2018 - More than 12,000 Australians ditched their hospital cover in the three months to last December, new ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Feb 2018
Mediscare merchants bid up private health insurance premiums
7 February 2018 - As the political author of the original "Mediscare" that has given the Australian Medical Association (the ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Feb 2018
Thank Mediscare for high private health insurance premiums
6 February 2018 - In last year's Budget, the government declared open season on the banks. Why? Because they made ...