Private health insurance is set for a shake-up. But asking people to pay more for policies they don't want isn't the answer
- Written by Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
ShutterstockPrivate health insurance is under review, with proposals to overhaul everything from rebates to tax penalty rules.
One proposal is for higher-income earners who don’t have private health insurance to pay a larger Medicare Levy Surcharge – an increase from 1.25% or 1.5%, to 2%. And if they want to avoid that surcharge,...
