The private health rebate debate - Nursing Review

Labor’s rebate cut to hit 271,000 HBF members nationwide

WA’s biggest health fund expects more than 17,000 older members nationwide to cancel or downgrade their cover under Labor’s planned rebate cut, its boss told a Senate hearing in Perth on Wednesday.

Private Health Rebate Cuts Could Leave Older Australians Without Vascular Cover

The policy could have the ‘unintended effect of disadvantaging younger Australians who do not have access to private health,’ one body warned.

Senate inquiry: pensioners voice outrage over health rebate changes

HBF says 271,000 members face fee hikes under federal health rebate cuts. Read how older Australians will be affected and what the Senate inquiry heard.

The private health rebate debate - Nursing Review

The controversy surrounding the federal government’s plan to scrap extra private health insurance rebates for the over-65s continues. Not everyone agrees on the impact of the higher premiums, whether that’s the number of people set to cancel their cover or the impact on the public health system. Now NSW Health Minister Ryan Park says his department’s modelling shows scrapping the extra rebates would mean 23,000 more surgeries a year in NSW publi…