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Read the latest news articles about health insurance - get up-to-date consumer information and hear about the latest health insurance issues to hit the media.

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HOW BUDGET CHANGES MAY AFFECT YOUR HEALTH INSURANCE

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       Health cover warning: don't opt out ot health insurance prematurely

       Opposite sides unite to slam dental scheme

       High cost of health reform puts health insurance rebate under scrutiny

       Health reforms won't come cheap: Rudd

       How Denticare affects the health reform agenda and you

       Rebate cuts will hit private health cover, funds warn

       See through the rebate debate - how it could affect you

       Keeping private cover is cheaper for higher income earners

       Quitting private health will cost more for high to middle income earners

       Drop in private health rebate ill news for wealthy

       Drop in private health rebate

       A bitter pill to swallow but rebate cut delivers rich pickings

       Overhaul targets IVF, obstetrics; babies more expensive

       Time to defuse ageing time bomb - the budget tackles the ageing population

       One in ten to see private health rebates cut or scrapped

       Infertile women lose out in budget with increased IVF costs

       Private health insurance to be means tested

HEALTH NEWS & HEALTH INSURANCE

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       Radical plan to cut surgery waiting lists with operations at private hospitals

       Elective surgery waiting list for public hospitals at record levels

       Doctors sick of failure to implement vital reforms to fix public hospitals

       HCF survey finds more Australians turn to the Internet before doctors

       Access to DNA tests revealing gene-related disease for health funds?

       Public vs private hospitals: no cost difference

       Public hospitals operating at dangerous capacities: report

       Poll shows suport for health insurance rebate changes

       Doctors told by Nicola Roxon to put health before cost

       Health expert decries government's lack of policy on health

       Rudd defends putting health reform on waiting list

       Hospital surgery split widening between private and public

       Being private has health benefits - shorter waiting times for private patients

       Private birth has benefits for babies - lower neonatal death rate at private hospitals

GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR HEALTH COVER

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       Put your cover to the test - shop around for cheaper health insurance

       Ease the pain of medical bill with partial rebates for out-of-pocket expenses

       Check up a health scheme - what price do you put on your health?

       Comparison websites shed light on cover

       Don't put your health at risk - check up your health insurance

       Dissect your private cover - review your health insurance

       Is it time to ditch your cover?

       Financial planning advice- get the best value for money on private health insurance

       It's time for a health check - review your health fund

       Online push to compare funds - compare health insurance prices online

       Health check - get the most from your health insurance

       Better run for cover - shop around for health insurance

       Don't get burned: warning as battlers cancel insurance

OTHER HEALTH INSURANCE INFORMATION

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       Labor's IVF payment caps hit a major stumbling block

       Govt measures 'could outlaw home birthing'

       Pet owners take out health insurance

       Mothers hit by $550 birth hike - new Medicare arrangements

       Beginner's guide to health insurance for Australians

  

Health insurance in the media

PRIVATE HEALTH CHANGES IN THE BUDGET

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       Private health bill goes back to Parliament

       Private health insurance Bill set for Senate defeat

       Private health changes pass first test in the lower house

       Doctor takes dose of rebate medicine

       Coalition crying wolf over rebate: Roxon

       Changes to private health rebate to suffer in Senate: Fielding

       Rebate cut to hit poor hardest by pushing them onto the public waiting list

       Young and old to feel Labor's razor with changes to health insurance

       Health rebate issue a taxing one, with opposition expected

       Private health insurance rebate to be cut

       Private health insurance rebate slashed

       Falling health insurance rebates cause angst

       Budget threat to private health rebate for wealthy families

MEDICARE ISSUES

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       Exodus of surgeons 'jeopardising public hospital operations'

       NSW hospital system still sick, says doctors

       IVF mums to fork out after cutbacks to Medicare subsidies

       Report highlights bed shortage in public hospitals

       Medicare to increase $450 to subsidise dental care

       Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to be the good tooth fairy

       Australia heads towards US user-pays health system

       Medicare 're-balance' hits higher income earners

       Insurance health check ahead for many as the Medicare levy surcharge rises

HEALTH INSURANCE MEMBERSHIP

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      People flock to private health insurance to escape new levy

      Private health numbers on rise

      Thousands flock to health funds

      Private health insurance reaches seven-year high

      More people enrol in private health funds

      New figures show private health insurance industry is still strong

      No exodus from private health insurance: data

HEALTH INSURANCE PREMIUMS

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       Roxon prepares to take on private health funds over premium rises

       Health insurance premium price rise threat

       Health fund premiums could rise $230 a year

       Health Insurance to rise

       Private health premiums set to rise

       Private health premiums to rise 6 per cent

 OTHER HEALTH INSURANCE ARTICLES

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      Health insurance faces a big problem with obesity

      Social justice rhetoric masks the cost of rebate changes

      Inflation likely to rise on health, rent and petrol

      Privately insured to be stung for stays in public hospitals in QLD

      Libs 'to force private health insurance' says Health Minister Nicola Roxon

      Razor gang may reduce IVF subsidies - speculations regarding the new budget

      Waiting lists set to rise as elective surgery cut over Easter in NSW

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