🇦🇺 Australia 2d ago · Tess Ikonomou

What do we know about Labor’s controversial private health insurance plans?

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What do we know about Labor’s controversial private health insurance plans?
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Over-65s receive a more generous private health insurance rebate than younger people. Why are plans to cut back the rebates causing so much opposition?Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcastLabor’s controversial changes to the private health insurance rebate for over-65s were effectively thrown out of parliament this week after facing widespread condemnation.The proposal would have taken effect from April 2027, and was projected to claw back $3bn in savings for the federal bu

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