Australians with private health insurance will see their premiums rise today. The fresh cost-of-living blow will increase ...

Private health insurance premiums rise once every year, but have to be approved by the federal health minister. This year's ...

Health Minister Mark Butler has asked the Department of Health to "urgently investigate" private health funds, which continue to exploit a regulatory loophole to raise premiums.The loophole — product ...

The surprising find comes after data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority revealed 59,000 Australians purchased health insurance with hospital cover, and 63,000 purchased general ...

Health funds have agreements with particular doctors and ... with the intention of improving general insurance for Australian consumers. In addition, ACA Insight Pty Ltd (AFSL 550139) (ACA Insight), ...

APRA also reported that total effective premium – which adjusts for time-at-risk and other factors – reached $21.3 billion in ...

After all, national data shows 14.8 million people have health insurance with extras cover in Australia. That’s despite a recent trend to downgrade policies as the cost of living and rising ...

Many Australians and scaling down their private health insurance because of the cost, which is helping to drive premium ...

Most of us are guilty of not making the most of our private health insurance, and the reason we feel bad is it costs so much and we use so little. A survey from the Australian Competition ...