20 April 2017 - The Turnbull government is under renewed pressure to tackle the cost, complexity and poor coverage of private health insurance amid warnings the problems are threatening the future of Medicare.

Health leaders, consumer advocates and policy experts have given damning assessments of the state of Australia's private health care regime in a new series of articles published by the Consumers Health Forum.

The authors warn relentless above-inflation premium price rises are threatening the viability of the entire sector, that insurers are failing people with chronic illnesses, and that the current model is contributing to growing inequality.

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