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Five reforms that will make private health more sustainable
Despite the entire health sector reaching a post-COVID-19 crossroads, the budget kicked significant change to private health insurance down the road, again.
Terry BarnesPolicy consultantIn the run-up to the federal budget, there was chatter that the Morrison government would make a significant statement on private health insurance reform.
Industry watchers hoped federal Health Minister Greg Hunt would turn his decisive COVID-19 leadership to long overdue structural reform of a sector crucial to the healthcare choices of 12 million Australians, their premiums subsidised to the tune of $7 billion per year.
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