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Will my private health insurance cover my surgery? What if my claim is rejected?

  • Written by Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
Will my private health insurance cover my surgery? What if my claim is rejected? shurkin_son/Shutterstock

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has fined Bupa A$35 million for unlawfully rejecting thousands of health insurance claims over more than five years.

Between May 2018 and August 2023 Bupa incorrectly rejected claims from patients who had multiple medical procedures, with at least one of those...

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