Current Affairs: Health Insurance

The Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten during a visit to Vermont Private Hospital in Melbourne,  (AAP Image/David Crosling)

The Leader of the Opposition, Bill Shorten Labor are planning on making Private Health insurance more affordable. (AAP Image/David Crosling) Source: AAP

Labor is promising families they will save hundreds of dollars a year under its plan to stop price increases on private health insurance. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten says a proposal to cap premiums shows Labor is the only party that has a "fair dinkum"* plan to deal with cost of living pressures.



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