Health cover dumped as prices rise

NEWS: Higher private health insurance premiums appear to be forcing more people to either downgrade or dump their policies.

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More Australians are downgrading or dumping their private health insurance as they feel the pinch of continually rising premiums.

The ACCC expects many people will update their policies before the federal government's private health insurance reforms come in next April.

The changes are designed to make private health cover simpler and more affordable.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News .


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Published 28 November 2018 11:22am
Updated 28 November 2018 11:28am
By AAP-SBS
Presented by Tanu Attajarusit
Source: SBS News, AAP


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