Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 Jun 2018
Private patients in public beds pushing up costs: Hunt
5 June 2018 - Greg Hunt says some Victorian hospitals capitalised on patients with private health insurance to supplement their income.
Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt has accused the Andrews government of jacking up private health premiums around the country following new data showing private patients were taking up nearly one-third of all beds in some Victorian public hospitals.
Private patients made up almost 32% of all admissions to the Peter MaCallum Cancer Centre in the year to March, while private patients take up almost one in five beds at Calvary Health and one in four beds at The Austin Hospital.
