6 September 2018 - All visitors to Australia will be required to have health insurance under a NSW government proposal to stop tourists getting millions of dollars in free health care in its hospitals.

NSW taxpayers pay about $30 million a year on medical bills for tourists and visitors who are ineligible for Medicare.

Health Minister Brad Hazzard has written to his state and federal counterparts calling for health insurance to be mandatory for all visitors on temporary visas, including tourists.

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