Health cover dumped as prices rise

NEWS: Higher private health insurance premiums appear to be forcing more people to either downgrade or dump their policies.

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จะมีการปฏิรูปการประกันสุขภาพเอกชนโดยทางรัฐบาลในเดือนเมษายนปีหน้า Source: rawpixel via Unsplash

More Australians are downgrading or dumping their private health insurance as they feel the pinch of continually rising premiums.

The ACCC expects many people will update their policies before the federal government's private health insurance reforms come in next April.

The changes are designed to make private health cover simpler and more affordable.

You can read the full version of this story in English on SBS News here.


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