Posted by Michael Wonder on 13 Oct 2017
At last, good news on health insurance
13 October 2017 - The wide-ranging health insurance reforms announced today deliver a welcome response to consumer dissatisfaction with the current pitfalls of private health cover, the Consumers Health Forum says.
“The Government’s health insurance reforms appear likely to deliver not only lower premium increases in the medium term but hopefully clearer consumer-friendly policies. This should be a breath of fresh air for families and individuals under pressure and contemplating dropping their cover after years of above inflation premium rises each year,” the CEO of the Consumers Health Forum, Leanne Wells, said.
“The Government has set an ambitious target of around $1 billion in savings over several years for health funds resulting from changes to prostheses pricing. We expect that consumers should receive the full benefit of these price reductions.
