Blog
RSS FeedPosted by Michael Wonder on 08 Jul 2017
Health cover at ‘tipping point’
7 July 2017 - Medibank Private boss Craig Drummond has warned that the health insurance sector is at a “critical ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 05 Jul 2017
Private health insurers must do more to arrest rise in complaints, Senate told
5 July 2017 - Ombudsman director warns of ‘an increased level of frustration with affordability’ and calls on the industry to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 15 Jun 2017
NIB CEO Mark Fitzgibbon says reforms needed to halt health insurance premium hikes
15 June 2017 - Listed health insurer NIB wants to offer discounts to younger Australians who take up private health ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 07 Jun 2017
Actuaries push for insurers to pay cancer patients upfront
8 June 2017 - The Actuaries Institute and the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia are calling for private health insurers ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2017
Free care at public hospitals is coming to an end as state and territory governments charge
19 May 2017 - Medicare is being privatised by stealth as state governments end free care at public hospitals and ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 18 May 2017
Double whammy leaves private and public patients short
17 May 2017 - Australia’s health system is turning into an increasingly inequitable mix of high health fund profits while ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2017
'People are getting angry': Health funds accused of 'obscene' profits
17 May 2017 - Skyrocketing profits for insurers have been branded "obscene" by sections of the health industry, coming just ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 17 May 2017
Poor funding for research, treatment means lower survival rates for rare cancers
17 May 2017 - Tracey Trumper had already survived breast cancer when she was hit last year with a devastating ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 04 May 2017
Private health insurance premiums set to get cheaper across Australia
4 May 2017 - Private health insurance premiums could be $150 lower from next year after the Federal Government moved ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 27 Apr 2017
The multi-billion-dollar subsidy for private health insurance isn’t worth it
27 April 2017 - Almost 20 years after the 30% subsidy for private health insurance was introduced, premiums continue to ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 22 Apr 2017
Fears ALP to axe $6bn health insurance rebate
21 April 2017 - The private health insurance rebate could face further cuts under Labor after confidential discussions between insurance ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2017
'Dangerous path': Medicare 'seriously threatened' by private health insurance
20 April 2017 - The Turnbull government is under renewed pressure to tackle the cost, complexity and poor coverage of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 20 Apr 2017
Propping up private health insurance is like putting lipstick on a pig
20 April 2017 - History is repeating itself. Medicare was created by the Whitlam government because of the abject failure ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 19 Apr 2017
Private health insurance attacked for lack of value and transparency by experts
20 April 2017 - Consumers Health Forum publishes views of 20 experts in latest edition of Health Voices as part of ...
Posted by Michael Wonder on 30 Mar 2017
The hidden cost keeping your health insurance premiums high
30 March 2017 - Private health insurance costs for everyone could drop dramatically if the Federal Government tackled murky practices relating ...