Don’t have health insurance yet? Now is a good time to compare health funds and see your options. To encourage your custom, health funds will often offer sign up bonuses. Tempting as these may be, don’t let them dictate your decision. Your needs should always form the basis of any health insurance comparison. What if [...]
Don’t have health insurance yet? Now is the perfect time to see what your options are. As always, your needs should be the main priority when you compare health insurance. You may find that a health insurance comparison brings up more than one health fund that suits you nicely. In this scenario, which health fund [...]
Australian citizens are entitled to free basic healthcare and necessary medical care under Australia’s Medicare system. Even so, many people choose to take out private health insurance cover through an authorised private health fund. Private health insurance has certain advantages over Medicare. It is less limited, allowing you more say in which hospital you attend [...]
Many Australian health funds offer sign up incentives to encourage you to choose them. We’ve rounded up the best sign up bonuses for March 2012.
As March approaches, Australians who have private health insurance (or are interested in purchasing it) eagerly await the State of Health Fund Report, which is released annually by the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman.
The Government has plans to change the way the Private Health Insurance Rebate and Medicare Levy Surcharge are calculated. This may mean added costs for many Australians, whether they do or don’t have private health insurance.
Most Australian health funds offer sign up bonuses to persuade you to choose them, and these may make a difference in your health insurance comparison too.
2012 is looking to be an interesting and perhaps even exciting year for Australian health care. There are many options available for excellent health care and many health funds competing for your dollars.
Statistics have shown that medication and health services costs have gone up over the past ten years. Some Australians are choosing to forgo medications or other types of health care services, simply because they can’t afford it.
2011 was an important year in Australian health insurance news. There has been plenty of debate as to where the country is headed in terms of private health insurance, and the issues keep resurfacing.
