With elective surgeries cancelled by the government and many Australians facing financial hardship, there are calls to cancel the private health insurance premium increase scheduled for April 1.
Queensland woman Kathy Flematarkis is insured with Australian Unity and described the premium increase as "dead money", saying she is effectively paying for services she can't use.Kathy Flematarkis is insured with Australian Unity Ms Flematarkis works for an electrical company where the majority of business comes from pubs and clubs. Now that they've been forced to close, her shifts have halved.As of next week, health insurance premiums across the board will increase by 2.92 per cent on average, which is about $130 extra a year for a family."It's absolutely shocking.
"I'd like somebody to step up and say right we need to take a look at this, we need to stop the increases and we need to re-evaluate what we're doing and how we're doing this." Elective surgeries have been postponed to make sure hospitals have enough beds for Covid-19 patients
Too bloody right!!!!!
We know they'll only double the inrease next year. So cancelling now would be futile
How are private health insurers supposed to fund the tsunami of claims? 🤔
BupaAustralia medibank I think that’s a must in the current context. I’m interested to know what significant material benefits have the big insurance companies offered to public during the Pandemic. All I have seen is emails saying “we are there for you”and in reality it’s same
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