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4 ways to fix private health insurance so it can sustain a growing, ageing population

  • Written by Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
4 ways to fix private health insurance so it can sustain a growing, ageing populationCaley Vanular

Since 2015, the share of younger people (aged 20 to 39) with private health insurance has dropped from 24% to 22%.

People in this age group contribute more in insurance premiums than they claim in pay-outs. So this decline ends up pushing prices up for the 44% of Australians with private insurance.

And new private health insurance...

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