Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Aug 2019
Why using your health cover in a public hospital is adding $100 to your health fund premiums
7 August 2019 - Public hospitals are gouging health fund members of more than $1.6 billion a year by bullying them into using their private cover to pay for what should be free treatment.
Public hospitals are gouging health fund members of more than $1.6 billion a year by demanding they use their private cover to pay for what should be free treatment in a public hospital.
And they are employing staff to bully health fund members into using their cover, which is adding around $100 a year to health fund premiums.
To combat the problem Medibank will from November 1 cut rebates for public hospitals in NSW.
