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Industry Report Reveals Concerns
09/02/2011 - 1:19pm


A recently released industry report shows the largest 5 health funds account for 84.1% of the market. This leaves 27 insurers sharing the remaining 15.9% of the market. The report says that despite their size the smaller insurers play an important role in the market.

There are currently more than 30,000 complying health insurance products on offer to consumers. Not all these products are available to everybody as certain health funds only sell into niche markets or are restricted as to who can buy their products.

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Coalition Announces $3.1 billion Health Policy Package
05/08/2010 - 7:05pm

Opposition Leader Tony Abbot today unveiled his health and hospitals policy package, vowing to better fund and reform the sector.  His key $3.1 billion promise will see 2800 new public hospital beds delivered over four years, in line with the Australian Medical Association's recommendations.

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HICA announces launch of Tax Saver Selector
17/06/2010 - 10:09pm

Health Insurance Consultants Australia (HICA) today announced the launch of their Tax Saver Selector.

The Tax Saver Selector has been developed for people seeking health cover for tax saving purposes, bringing together a select range of  great value hospital policies that cost less than the Medicare Levy  Surcharge.

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Budget Changes to Migration
13/05/2010 - 1:00am

The federal government has announced an additional 9150 places for the employer-sponsored migration program which will be balanced by a cut of 3600 general migration places.

The overall size of Australia's migration program will remain the same but there will be a greater focus on the nation's skills needs.

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Patients are waiting more than 100 days for admission to a public hospital
12/04/2010 - 2:28pm

Latest industry research reveals patients are waiting more than 100 days for admission to a public hospital - an increase of around 40% in the past two years.

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Medibank Private Benefit Changes 2010
25/03/2010 - 12:09pm

Medibank Private has announced that it will exclude restricted cover services from hospital policies. It is believed that the change will affect hundreds of thousands of Medibank Private Members, leaving them uninsured for a range of common operations.

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Federal Government Announces Hospital Funding Plan
04/03/2010 - 10:39am

The Rudd government has announced a $30.9 billion funding takeover in a bid to fix Australia's public hospitals.

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