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Private Health Insurance Funds - News and Views
Private Health Insurance News and Information About Health Funds and their Hospital and Extras Covers and Premiums
- Health insurance premiums need to rise under Labor
HEALTH funds are expected to seek above-inflation rises in premiums - Private health insurance fund blog online
Blogs are becoming more popular, so this blog about private health insurance funds is a test to see what happens. The views are of the writer and not GMHBA - GMHBA hospital health insurance gets more best buys than Medibank, NIB, MBF, AHM and Australian Unity combined says Choice Magazine
Choice Magazine has results for 101 hospital policies with 750 premium options. They analysed hospital policies on their policy conditions, restrictions and benefits. Compared to similar hospital policies, their Best Buys for family cover can save you on average as much as $710 on a full-cover hospital policy without an excess. - NIB Health Insurance Share trading...
The health fund has warned its shareholders against low, unsolicited offers for their shares after a company acquired a copy of its share register.NIB, which was the first health insurance fund to list on the Australian stock exchange, said Share Buying Group Pty Ltd was writing to its shareholders offering a below market price for their shares. - Liberal prime minister was opposed to sale of the health insurance fund Medibank Private
The Australian Federal election is now out of the way and we have a Labor government. Yet did you know that while it was libery party policy to privatise Medibank, former Australian Liberal Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser was against the sale or privatisation of Medibank Private.The Right Honourable Malcolm Fraser - who was one so right wing he headed up a razor gang to slash government spending, wrote the following:"When Medibank Private was introduced, we believed that, if the Government was actively involved in the business, we would have a better handle on costs and outcomes than if it were all done by private enterprise. I believe it would be a great pity if Medibank Private were sold and that it would lead to escalating fees." - Labor victory rules out Medibank Private public
NIB and MBF are likely to be the only private health funds to list on the Australian Stock Exchange after Labor's comprehensive victory ruled out any prospect of Medibank Private being sold off/ - Beware of online (health insurance) broker services
ANOTHER product comparison internet site has come under fire for not offering consumers a clear choice. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission says it has accepted court-enforceable undertakings from iSelect Health after taking action against the online health insurance search engine business." - MBF health insurance moves closer to demutualisation
"The council of private health insurer MBF Australia has approved amendments to the company's constitution that will enable contributors to vote on demutualisation. MBF, which is Australia's second biggest private health fund, has proposed to demutualise and list on the Australian stock exchange." - ACCC accepts court enforceable undertakings from iSelect (an online health insurance broker) over potentially misleading advertising
The ACCC was concerned that iSelect made various representations which were likely to mislead consumers as to the range of insurance policies which it compared when recommending a policy. In particular, the ACCC was concerned that iSelect made representations that:misrepresented that it compared a significant proportion of health insurance policies available to consumers misrepresented the number of health insurance policies which it compared for consumers, and misrepresented that it compared for consumers all the health insurance covers available to them and could find the best suited policy for a consumer's needs at the lowest price.The ACCC was therefore of the view that iSelect had engaged in misleading conduct in contravention of the Trade Practices Act. - Govt launches ad blitz for private health insurance
The federal government has unveiled a series of advertisements promoting changes to private health insurance in the hope of encouraging more Australians to take it up. Health Minister Tony Abbott today launched a series of television, radio, print and internet advertisements about a number of recent improvements to the private health system. - Private health insurance ads unveiled
THE Federal Government has unveiled a series of advertisements promoting changes to private health insurance in the hope of encouraging more Australians to take it up. - Labor embraces private health insurance
LABOR will dump its opposition to higher health insurance rebates paid to the over-65s as the party prepares to drop its traditional antagonism to private health care.