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Nearly 80,000 Older Australians Likely to Lose Private Health Cover by 2030

ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation
ABC News & Headlines – Australian Broadcasting Corporation

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Key developments: A health‑department analysis released under FOI laws projects that about 78,000 Australians aged 65 + will abandon private health insurance by the end of the decade, double the 44,000 …

Almost 80,000 older Australians likely to quit private health insurance by 2030

Key developments: New health‑department analysis shows that roughly 78,000 people aged 65+ could abandon private health cover by the end of the decade, a figure almost twice the government’s earlier estimate. The surge is tied to proposed reforms that aim …