29 October 2024 - Private hospital groups are warning that patients will increasingly be slugged with out of pocket costs as contract battles with health funds continue to rage, with threats by a major hospital group to slug inpatients an unprecedented co-payment and a dispute over how to fund a critical medicine to prevent uncontrolled bleeding during surgery the latest flashpoints of conflict.

Insurance behemoth Bupa expressed “shock and disappointment” on Tuesday at what it said was an “unprecedented and unfair” move by private hospital group Healthscope to charge its members an overnight $100 “hospital facility fee” after contracting negotiations broke down.

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