Labor will push ahead with a plan to reduce insurance rebates, meaning three million older Australians to pay $250 extra a year for private health ...

Private health insurance bodies have raised alarm over the federal government’s 2026-27 budget, warning proposed changes to ...

Money raised from the change will be used to pay for 5000 new aged care beds, dementia care units and a policy backflip on forcing co-payments for key services.

The federal government plans to reduce private health insurance rebates for older Australians, a move one advocate fears ...

Australians aged over 65 will have to pay about $240 more a year for private health insurance. The decision brings the rebate in line with that paid by younger Australians, which Health Minister Mark ...

There are growing questions as to the rationale for the federal government’s decision to axe higher health insurance rebates for older people, with more analysis indicating subsidies to older people ...

As Australians prepare to do their tax returns and take stock of their financial affairs, those with and without private health insurance may be considering whether their cover is worthwhile. For many ...

Anthony Albanese has been accused of transferring money from older Australians with private health insurance to those requiring aged care, amid warnings a reduction in the private health insurance ...

Older Australians have been let down by cuts to private health insurance rebates, an ageing Australians advocate says, as she ...

The Australian Medical Association has called for greater regulation and transparency in the contracts between private health insurance companies and doctors. It expressed concerns that doctors are ...

Australia needs to do better at preventing health conditions from arising and worsening, according to an interim report on delivering quality care more efficiently released overnight by the ...