5 March 2018 - The radical alternative to private health insurance proposed by Australia’s dentists shows, if nothing else, that there is significant scope for improving the poor insurance deal on dental care that consumers get now, the Consumers Health Forum says.

The report prepared for the Australian Dental Association estimates that the establishment of “Health Savings Accounts” providing cover for general treatment such as dental care could generate annual savings of $1,225 per person, at an average cost to government in tax offsets and concessions of $186 per person.

“This is an important report, bringing fresh scrutiny to what is becoming an increasingly fraught issue for consumers.

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