Health Insurance Challenges Signal Need for Deeper Review
DEAKIN,
Sweeping criticisms of the value of health insurance made in articles released today (Thursday 20 April) should prompt the Government to boost the scope of its private health care review, the
In wide-ranging articles published by the
A surgeons' spokesman has warned that the funds' long term viability will decline if premiums continue to rise ahead of inflation and a leading psychiatrist has questioned whether it is "morally justifiable" for funds not to provide better cover to match the needs of those with mental illness.
The comments are made in articles by 20 authors representing consumer leaders, clinicians, health funds and analysts published in the
The CEO of the
"Most of these articles are pointing to serious inadequacies whether it be in relation to the cost and complexity of insurance, the meagre coverage for many people particularly the chronically ill, or ineffectiveness of Government subsidies which are supposed to ease public hospital waiting times,"
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"In her article the CEO of Private Healthcare Australia, Dr
"In his article, the chair of the
"CHF supports
"However given the long years of dissension on this front despite very large government subsidies, we need a more wide-ranging review and government commitment to institute measures like our proposal to use the rebate to stimulate effective action in the interests of consumers. Policies which don't offer simple and easy to compare policies and greater transparency about costs should not be eligible for the rebate."
Former leading bureaucrat and business executive,
CHOICE's
See all the articles in Health Voices at: http://healthvoices.org.au/volume/issues/april-2017/
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