Private health insurance premium increases explained in 14 charts
- Written by Fron Jackson-Webb, Senior Health + Medicine Editor/Deputy Chief of Staff
Australians are spending a larger proportion of their income on health insurance as premium increases outpace wage growth.The Conversation / Shutterstock
For the 11 million Australians with private hospital cover, premium rises are nothing new. The 3.95% average increase on April 1, 2018 will be the seventeenth consecutive year in which insurance...
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