30 January 2019 - Australia’s health insurance sector is calling for the industry rebate to be restored to its original level as it warns that without further reforms to address rising healthcare costs, participation could drop to 30 per cent in the next decade.

The industry’s peak body, Private Healthcare Australia, has pitched in its 2019-20 budget submission a case to return the health insurance rebate — which has slipped to about 25 per cent — to 30 per cent for low and middle income earners.

Rachel David, chief executive of Private Healthcare Australia, said it was the first time the industry had publicly pushed for the rebate to be restored, adding it was time to put a “line in the sand”.

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