Private health insurance premiums are going up this week. But the reasons why just don't stack up
- Written by Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, University of Melbourne
ShutterstockPrivate health insurance premiums are set to rise on October 1, an increase companies have delayed for six months due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
But 2020 has been a year like no other. And some of the reasons insurance companies are using to justify this price rise don’t stack up.
Theseincludeincreasing costs of hospital and health...





