Labor to target “junk” private health insurance policies

Thursday 5 April 2018

With the annual cost of the private health insurance rebate expected to soar to $6.8 billion by 2020-21:

Debate has raged over how a future Labor Government might reform the private health insurance system to make it more efficient and sustainable.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.