Private health insurance allows Australians to access care beyond the publicly funded Medicare scheme, ... New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia, Northern Territory, ...

Private health insurance can provide peace of mind, however half of all policy holders in Australia are not confident they understand what their policy covers, and only one in four people found it ...

Here’s what you need to know about the different types of cover. And if your claim is rejected, what to do next.

The first is the potential for “cherry-picking”. In Australia, private health insurance operates under a community rating system, where premiums are not based on a person’s health status or age.

People with private health insurance might pay higher prices for procedures or tests at a hospital. A report published Monday by the research group Rand Corp. found that in 2022, the prices ...

Private insurance is optional, as it is in other countries, to pay for care that may come faster and with more amenities. Relatively few people purchase it, though. As I’ve written about before ...