Does private health insurance cut public hospital waiting lists? We found it barely makes a dent
- Written by Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockThe more people take up private health insurance, the less pressure on the public hospital system, including shorter waiting lists for surgery. That’s one of the key messages we’ve been hearing from government and the private health insurance industry in recent years.
Governments encourage us to buy private hospital cover....
