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How do you stop the youth exodus from private health insurance? Cut premiums for under-55s

  • Written by Stephen Duckett, Director, Health Program, Grattan Institute
How do you stop the youth exodus from private health insurance? Cut premiums for under-55sAs more young people drop their private health cover, premiums go up for everyone.Josep Suria/Shutterstock

Young people don’t see private health insurance as good value for money. And they’re right: the cost of their expected use of private health care is significantly below what they pay in insurance premiums.

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