The woman defending the industry everyone loves to hate
Private health insurers are being derided by hospitals, governments, and their own members – but their chief lobbyist, Rachel David, insists they make our medical system the envy of the Americans and British.
Rachel David has an uncanny ability to appear calm even when bristling with anger. Louie Douvis
Rachel David has already settled in with a flat white when I arrive for lunch at one of the Sydney CBD’s more opulent dining rooms.
“I know it’s a strange way to start a lunch, but it’s been one of those mornings,” she says, as I sink into the leather booth opposite.
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