Medicare Levy Surcharge


Time to support changes to private health insurance subsidy

A system that has people who do not hold private health insurance subsidising those who do is simply inequitable and should be changed, write Helen Keleher, Peter Sainsbury, Stephen Leeder, Fran Baum and Michael Moore.

Health insurance “reforms” entrench two-tier system

Contrary to glib press reports, the Budget changes to private health insurance actually increase support for the industry, and do more to embed a two-tier health system, writesIan McAuley.