Health Improvements
Private Health Industry Contibution to the Public Health Sector
How the Private Health Industry supports and contributes to the public health sector:
- There were 573 private hospitals operating in Australia in 2009–10
(Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) 2011. Australian Hospital
Higher Rebates for Older Australians
The Australian Government supports privately insured people by giving them a rebate on their premiums for both hospital and general treatment cover. Everyone with private health cover receives a rebate of at least 30%. The… Read more
More Services Covered
Until now, to have your medical treatments covered by your private health insurance, you had to be admitted to hospital. Even though there might be other ways you could be treated just as effectively.
Now… Read more
Comparing Health Products
The Australian Government has made it compulsory for all health funds to sum up their products in the same way. So now it is easier to compare different private health products – even if they… Read more
Private Health Improvements
Australia’s health system is one of the best in the world – a unique mix of public and private health care designed to make sure all Australians are well covered for their needs.
But with… Read more
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