Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Oct 2019
Private health insurance still confuses Australian customers despite reforms, Choice finds
30 October 2019 - Australians are still confused about their private health insurance options and are being scammed despite a Federal Government overhaul designed to simplify the system.
That's the central finding from research commissioned by consumer lobby group Choice, which found Australians purchasing some health policies were losing hundreds of dollars a year.
Changes introduced earlier this year were designed to make policies easier to understand — labelling them as gold, silver, bronze and basic with "plus" versions of some categories also available.
