Increase in Health Premium Complaints
There has been a huge increase in the complaints about hikes in private health insurance premiums. In fact the spike is 114 percent this March compared to March last year.
In the background the argument about changes to Medicare levy surcharge continues between doctors and funds. This could lead to a greater increase in premium in the case of one million people abandoning private cover.
Data from the Private Health Insurance Ombudsmans latest quarterly bulletin sheds light on complaints about premiums. In the first three months of this year there were 62 complaints compared with only 29 in the same period last year.
The complaints were mostly from people whose premiums had increased more than the average of 4.99. The health insurance issue has gone beyond just the presidential campaign and become a cause for concern to the common man.
