YOUNG people are quitting private health cover in droves, dragging the reach of priva
Aug 15th 2003, 1:48 pm
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YOUNG people are quitting private health cover in droves
Health cover here is a must for most in work the problems that are in the NHS are here also in the public system of not more so , and lack of good sick pay makes private health worth investing in .
The public system here relies on the private system to service over 50% of the population so it cannot cope now never mind having to find funds to take up the slack of this.
If you can afford it do take out some cover its a good bolt hole .
YOUNG people are quitting private health cover in droves, dragging the reach of private health insurance down to its lowest level since the carrot-and-stick approach was introduced for over-30s.
Official figures today showed almost 60,000 people quit health funds in the June quarter, leaving just 43.4 per cent of the population covered by private hospital insurance.
The fall coincides with a 7.4 per cent hike in private health premiums, which rose an average of $145 a year per family on April 1.
After jumping from 31 per cent of the population to almost 46 per cent in 2000, health fund membership has steadily declined and the June result is the lowest in three years.
The last time membership was so low was in June 2000, just before the start of lifetime health cover.
``Given the continuing decline in private health insurance, it is apparent the Howard Government's health strategy, which has been based on forcing people into private health insurance, is not working,'' she said.
The public system here relies on the private system to service over 50% of the population so it cannot cope now never mind having to find funds to take up the slack of this.
If you can afford it do take out some cover its a good bolt hole .
YOUNG people are quitting private health cover in droves, dragging the reach of private health insurance down to its lowest level since the carrot-and-stick approach was introduced for over-30s.
Official figures today showed almost 60,000 people quit health funds in the June quarter, leaving just 43.4 per cent of the population covered by private hospital insurance.
The fall coincides with a 7.4 per cent hike in private health premiums, which rose an average of $145 a year per family on April 1.
After jumping from 31 per cent of the population to almost 46 per cent in 2000, health fund membership has steadily declined and the June result is the lowest in three years.
The last time membership was so low was in June 2000, just before the start of lifetime health cover.
``Given the continuing decline in private health insurance, it is apparent the Howard Government's health strategy, which has been based on forcing people into private health insurance, is not working,'' she said.
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