| Publication: | The Australian |
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| Date: | 24 January 2010 |
| Section: | Health |
Christan Kerr
Article excerpt:
PRIVATE health insurance fees are set to soar by close to 6 per cent this year, double the rate of inflation, Health Minister Nicola Roxon revealed yesterday... Ms Roxon defended the increase as lower than last year's 6.02 per cent, saying... the government had assessed private health insurance premium applications "to ensure that increases are the minimum necessary to meet legal requirements such as maintaining the solvency of insurers"."During the premium process, I required resubmission from more than half the health funds, and as a result the premium increases for 8.5 million Australians have been reduced," she said.
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