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Ranking of private health insurance premiums to 'benefit consumers'

Quarterly data from the financial regulator APRA shows a decline in the number of people with private hospital cover.

The Federal Government has denied patients will be worse off under its new tiered structure for the private health insurance system. Minimum hospital treatment coverage will be classed in four bands -- gold, silver, bronze and basic -- under the changes, which will come into effect from April next year (2019). This feature


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By Sanjaya Dissanayake

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The Federal Government has denied patients will be worse off under its new tiered structure for the private health insurance system. Minimum hospital treatment coverage will be classed in four bands -- gold, silver, bronze and basic -- under the changes, which will come into effect from April next year (2019). This feature



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