The Rich Dudes' Lobby has not been wailing about this bc - unlike negative gearing - the govt has not touched this exploding $6.9B budget subsidy
#auspol #PHI #privatehealthinsurance
michaelwest.com.au/budget-whopp...
#auspol #PHI #privatehealthinsurance
michaelwest.com.au/budget-whopp...
May 21, 2026 at 10:18 PM
The Rich Dudes' Lobby has not been wailing about this bc - unlike negative gearing - the govt has not touched this exploding $6.9B budget subsidy
#auspol #PHI #privatehealthinsurance
michaelwest.com.au/budget-whopp...
#auspol #PHI #privatehealthinsurance
michaelwest.com.au/budget-whopp...
May 7, 2026 at 7:08 AM
Well worth a read #privatehealthinsurance www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
Private health insurance is a dud. That’s why a majority of Australians don’t have it | Grogonomics
The private insurers are reportedly seeking a 5-6% premium rise next year. That’s rich – especially when you consider 65% of policies don’t cover everything
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2024 at 9:57 PM
Well worth a read #privatehealthinsurance www.theguardian.com/business/gro...
June 1, 2025 at 7:52 PM
It's time people wake up & clean the shit out of their eyes
#PrivateSchools are for #ProfitNotForEducation & are the same as #PrivateHealthInsurance
Look at their titles both begin with #Private not #Public, so why is the #Government #TaxPayers funding them
Let the user pay but #NoSubsidies
#AusPol
#PrivateSchools are for #ProfitNotForEducation & are the same as #PrivateHealthInsurance
Look at their titles both begin with #Private not #Public, so why is the #Government #TaxPayers funding them
Let the user pay but #NoSubsidies
#AusPol
August 28, 2026 at 8:49 PM
It's time people wake up & clean the shit out of their eyes
#PrivateSchools are for #ProfitNotForEducation & are the same as #PrivateHealthInsurance
Look at their titles both begin with #Private not #Public, so why is the #Government #TaxPayers funding them
Let the user pay but #NoSubsidies
#AusPol
#PrivateSchools are for #ProfitNotForEducation & are the same as #PrivateHealthInsurance
Look at their titles both begin with #Private not #Public, so why is the #Government #TaxPayers funding them
Let the user pay but #NoSubsidies
#AusPol
No #PrivateSchool should have any funding from #Taxpayers
They are in the business of making profits & if they can't do it without public funding them they should go out of business
The same goes for #PrivateHealthInsurance
#AusPol
They are in the business of making profits & if they can't do it without public funding them they should go out of business
The same goes for #PrivateHealthInsurance
#AusPol
September 18, 2026 at 1:43 AM
No #PrivateSchool should have any funding from #Taxpayers
They are in the business of making profits & if they can't do it without public funding them they should go out of business
The same goes for #PrivateHealthInsurance
#AusPol
They are in the business of making profits & if they can't do it without public funding them they should go out of business
The same goes for #PrivateHealthInsurance
#AusPol
I'd just add no money for #PrivateHealthInsurance or #PrivateSchools both are in the game for profit where shareholders come first & everyone else can get fucked
Also same goes for #FossilFuels & #Lobbyists
#AusPol
Also same goes for #FossilFuels & #Lobbyists
#AusPol
April 21, 2026 at 9:10 AM
I'd just add no money for #PrivateHealthInsurance or #PrivateSchools both are in the game for profit where shareholders come first & everyone else can get fucked
Also same goes for #FossilFuels & #Lobbyists
#AusPol
Also same goes for #FossilFuels & #Lobbyists
#AusPol
Less for more: Australia’s dud private health insurance system https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/less-for-more-australias-dud-private-health-insurance-system/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=less-for-more-australias-dud-private-health-insurance-system #auspol
November 9, 2024 at 9:16 AM
Heartbreaking!😢😭 88 years old-forced to continue working, because his pension was STOLEN by his bankrupt employer!He lost his #PrivateHealthInsurance-and had to sell his home to pay for his sick wife's care!
This is what #Starmer & #Farage want for the #UK!
We must Fight for #OurNHS & #OurLives!💪
This is what #Starmer & #Farage want for the #UK!
We must Fight for #OurNHS & #OurLives!💪
December 3, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Heartbreaking!😢😭 88 years old-forced to continue working, because his pension was STOLEN by his bankrupt employer!He lost his #PrivateHealthInsurance-and had to sell his home to pay for his sick wife's care!
This is what #Starmer & #Farage want for the #UK!
We must Fight for #OurNHS & #OurLives!💪
This is what #Starmer & #Farage want for the #UK!
We must Fight for #OurNHS & #OurLives!💪
"If the Australian government wants to fill this tax blackhole without hurting low-income households, it could broaden the GST so that it applies to private school fees and private health insurance," said @richarddenniss.bsky.social, speaking to 9 News.
www.9news.com.au/finance/gst-...
www.9news.com.au/finance/gst-...
Why experts want to raise one of Australia's least popular taxes
www.9news.com.au
July 14, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Surely the private health insurance rorts have to be addressed. Consumer risk spirals, insurer risk plummets
#auspol Claudia Weisenberger
michaelwest.com.au/how-private-...
#auspol Claudia Weisenberger
michaelwest.com.au/how-private-...
June 11, 2026 at 5:22 AM
This is #PrivateHealthInsurance
I spent months trying to figure out how to get TMS treatment for my ptsd only to have my insurance tell me that they won’t cover it. they also said that I had the option to pay out of pocket for a weeks worth of TMS treatment, but that it would cost me 9,000 dollars. 🙃
December 6, 2024 at 8:17 PM
This is #PrivateHealthInsurance
Simple, lifelong contracts in German #privatehealthinsurance almost reach the economic optimum – this is shown by an international study by #UDE- Prof Dr @drdemant.bsky.social and colleagues published @jpolecon.bsky.social. www.uni-due.de/2025-06-17-h...
📸 iHumnoi - stock.adobe.com
📸 iHumnoi - stock.adobe.com
June 19, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Simple, lifelong contracts in German #privatehealthinsurance almost reach the economic optimum – this is shown by an international study by #UDE- Prof Dr @drdemant.bsky.social and colleagues published @jpolecon.bsky.social. www.uni-due.de/2025-06-17-h...
📸 iHumnoi - stock.adobe.com
📸 iHumnoi - stock.adobe.com
"If car insurers sold policies that excluded damage from major accidents, they would be laughed out of the market.”
#TheZap
#PrivateHealthInsurance
#AusPol
#TheZap
#PrivateHealthInsurance
#AusPol
There were too many pithy quotes in #TheZap this week to select just one!
www.croakey.org/the-zap-dont...
HT @charlesmk.bsky.social
#healthreform
#AgedCareMatters
#AusPol
www.croakey.org/the-zap-dont...
HT @charlesmk.bsky.social
#healthreform
#AgedCareMatters
#AusPol
The Zap: don’t miss the latest health and aged care news, plus key consultations now open
Only 45 percent of antibiotics given after surgery were assessed as appropriate, while 35 percent of antibiotics prescribed to people
www.croakey.org
February 24, 2026 at 9:48 AM
"If car insurers sold policies that excluded damage from major accidents, they would be laughed out of the market.”
#TheZap
#PrivateHealthInsurance
#AusPol
#TheZap
#PrivateHealthInsurance
#AusPol
Perhaps we need to think more clearly about #public funding for #JOBS and other #profits in #Medicare & #PrivateHealthInsurance that are a result of subsidising treating illness. 2/
May 22, 2026 at 12:07 AM
Perhaps we need to think more clearly about #public funding for #JOBS and other #profits in #Medicare & #PrivateHealthInsurance that are a result of subsidising treating illness. 2/
ps:The Survey was DONE by #PrivateHealthInsurance!
#This👇
*4.68million people-INCLUDING,policyholders’ spouses, partners & children have #PrivateHealthInsurance;
*FOUR out of FIVE policyholders,3.8million,are COVERED by a policy THROUGH their EMPLOYER!
#FactsMatter!🙄
lowdownnhs.info/topics/acces...
#This👇
*4.68million people-INCLUDING,policyholders’ spouses, partners & children have #PrivateHealthInsurance;
*FOUR out of FIVE policyholders,3.8million,are COVERED by a policy THROUGH their EMPLOYER!
#FactsMatter!🙄
lowdownnhs.info/topics/acces...
Employers offer more health insurance benefits - The Lowdown
According to headline figures from a report by private health market analysts LaingBuisson, the private medical insurance (PMI) business is booming. Almost one in eight people, or 4.68 million, have s...
lowdownnhs.info
August 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
ps:The Survey was DONE by #PrivateHealthInsurance!
#This👇
*4.68million people-INCLUDING,policyholders’ spouses, partners & children have #PrivateHealthInsurance;
*FOUR out of FIVE policyholders,3.8million,are COVERED by a policy THROUGH their EMPLOYER!
#FactsMatter!🙄
lowdownnhs.info/topics/acces...
#This👇
*4.68million people-INCLUDING,policyholders’ spouses, partners & children have #PrivateHealthInsurance;
*FOUR out of FIVE policyholders,3.8million,are COVERED by a policy THROUGH their EMPLOYER!
#FactsMatter!🙄
lowdownnhs.info/topics/acces...
Seems to me that the powers that be just want to punish people. My children share the payment of my health insurance to make me more comfortable, and get a kick in the backside for doing so. #PrivateHealthInsurance
January 18, 2026 at 1:35 AM
Seems to me that the powers that be just want to punish people. My children share the payment of my health insurance to make me more comfortable, and get a kick in the backside for doing so. #PrivateHealthInsurance
Hoping #USHouse can remember not all #Americans can afford #Healthcare #Food #PrivateHealthInsurance #Deductibles.
Not all #Voter Needs are fake.
House #vote on Trump #taxbill again.
Path narrow enough that changes are still possible. #Medicaid #HealthInsurance
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
Not all #Voter Needs are fake.
House #vote on Trump #taxbill again.
Path narrow enough that changes are still possible. #Medicaid #HealthInsurance
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
MSN
www.msn.com
July 2, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Hoping #USHouse can remember not all #Americans can afford #Healthcare #Food #PrivateHealthInsurance #Deductibles.
Not all #Voter Needs are fake.
House #vote on Trump #taxbill again.
Path narrow enough that changes are still possible. #Medicaid #HealthInsurance
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
Not all #Voter Needs are fake.
House #vote on Trump #taxbill again.
Path narrow enough that changes are still possible. #Medicaid #HealthInsurance
www.msn.com/en-us/news/p...
😳 With “mates” like that, Mr&Mrs Jane&John Q. Public’s QualityOfLife from …Cradle to Grave…Would be poor indeed! 😵💫US PrivateHealthInsurance is all but legalized FinancialRape! & NoDoubt Obama’s ACA’s on Elon/RepubliGelican’s ListOfSlash&Burn AcctsPayable! 🤦🏼♀️
February 17, 2025 at 4:04 PM
😳 With “mates” like that, Mr&Mrs Jane&John Q. Public’s QualityOfLife from …Cradle to Grave…Would be poor indeed! 😵💫US PrivateHealthInsurance is all but legalized FinancialRape! & NoDoubt Obama’s ACA’s on Elon/RepubliGelican’s ListOfSlash&Burn AcctsPayable! 🤦🏼♀️
When Private Health Insurance companies make decisions that negatively affect the prognosis of a patient, that ultimately result in death(preventable) of the patient;
Is it Murder by denying Health Care?
#PrivateHealthInsurance
#Accountability
Is it Murder by denying Health Care?
#PrivateHealthInsurance
#Accountability
December 11, 2024 at 8:44 AM
When Private Health Insurance companies make decisions that negatively affect the prognosis of a patient, that ultimately result in death(preventable) of the patient;
Is it Murder by denying Health Care?
#PrivateHealthInsurance
#Accountability
Is it Murder by denying Health Care?
#PrivateHealthInsurance
#Accountability
Yeah, #Farage can SHOVE his #US*NOCare*-PrivateHealthInsurance..policy, where the "SUN DON'T SHINE!"💩
Even the "thick as treacle" #ToryRejectsDeformPensioners.. aren't stupid or RICH enough..to let him try to destroy #OurNHS!😱
The #NHS is the ONLY thing, keeping his #Geriatric,zimmer-army, ALIVE!👴
Even the "thick as treacle" #ToryRejectsDeformPensioners.. aren't stupid or RICH enough..to let him try to destroy #OurNHS!😱
The #NHS is the ONLY thing, keeping his #Geriatric,zimmer-army, ALIVE!👴
September 9, 2026 at 12:10 AM
Yeah, #Farage can SHOVE his #US*NOCare*-PrivateHealthInsurance..policy, where the "SUN DON'T SHINE!"💩
Even the "thick as treacle" #ToryRejectsDeformPensioners.. aren't stupid or RICH enough..to let him try to destroy #OurNHS!😱
The #NHS is the ONLY thing, keeping his #Geriatric,zimmer-army, ALIVE!👴
Even the "thick as treacle" #ToryRejectsDeformPensioners.. aren't stupid or RICH enough..to let him try to destroy #OurNHS!😱
The #NHS is the ONLY thing, keeping his #Geriatric,zimmer-army, ALIVE!👴
#PrivateHealthInsurance in 2:
1 #Bupa-Australia deliberately MISLED, DECEIVED and DENIED TREATMENT-leaving customers without care!
2 #Bupa awarded more than$14MILLION in bonuses to its senior health staff!
#Streeting & #Farage's #NHS plans: #NOCare! #Don'tCare
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
1 #Bupa-Australia deliberately MISLED, DECEIVED and DENIED TREATMENT-leaving customers without care!
2 #Bupa awarded more than$14MILLION in bonuses to its senior health staff!
#Streeting & #Farage's #NHS plans: #NOCare! #Don'tCare
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
Top Bupa staff awarded $14m in bonuses despite insurer admitting to misleading thousands of Australians
Exclusive: Mandatory company disclosures show one bonus amounted to $2.5m, more than double their annual salary
www.theguardian.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
#PrivateHealthInsurance in 2:
1 #Bupa-Australia deliberately MISLED, DECEIVED and DENIED TREATMENT-leaving customers without care!
2 #Bupa awarded more than$14MILLION in bonuses to its senior health staff!
#Streeting & #Farage's #NHS plans: #NOCare! #Don'tCare
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
1 #Bupa-Australia deliberately MISLED, DECEIVED and DENIED TREATMENT-leaving customers without care!
2 #Bupa awarded more than$14MILLION in bonuses to its senior health staff!
#Streeting & #Farage's #NHS plans: #NOCare! #Don'tCare
www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...
'49%of 34-44year-olds said they were LIKELY to use #PrivateHealth in next 12months,with young professionals opting for employment with medical insurance'.
FIRMS have ALWAYS offered #PrivateHealthInsurance!
Usual #ClientMediaBullsh*t from @francesryan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
FIRMS have ALWAYS offered #PrivateHealthInsurance!
Usual #ClientMediaBullsh*t from @francesryan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Young people want to ‘go private’ – I’m a lifelong supporter of the NHS, but I can see why | Frances Ryan
This shift marks an existential crisis for the NHS: if younger generations don’t use it, they won’t want to pay for it, says Guardian columnist Frances Ryan
www.theguardian.com
August 20, 2025 at 7:32 PM
'49%of 34-44year-olds said they were LIKELY to use #PrivateHealth in next 12months,with young professionals opting for employment with medical insurance'.
FIRMS have ALWAYS offered #PrivateHealthInsurance!
Usual #ClientMediaBullsh*t from @francesryan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
FIRMS have ALWAYS offered #PrivateHealthInsurance!
Usual #ClientMediaBullsh*t from @francesryan.bsky.social www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
On the over-65s private health insurance rebate: we’re looking at the wrong question #Agedcare #Healthreform #Privatehealthinsurance
On the over-65s private health insurance rebate: we’re looking at the wrong question
Experts say the political, policy and public debate about whether to remove higher private health insurance rebates for older Australians has has overlooked bigger health reform priorities, such as addressing waiting times for elective surgery and specialist appointments, rising out-of-pocket costs and gap payments, and a private hospital sector under real financial strain.
www.croakey.org
September 18, 2026 at 7:36 AM
On the over-65s private health insurance rebate: we’re looking at the wrong question #Agedcare #Healthreform #Privatehealthinsurance
On the over-65s private health insurance rebate: we’re looking at the wrong question #Agedcare #Healthreform #Privatehealthinsurance
On the over-65s private health insurance rebate: we’re looking at the wrong question
Experts say the political, policy and public debate about whether to remove higher private health insurance rebates for older Australians has has overlooked bigger health reform priorities, such as addressing waiting times for elective surgery and specialist appointments, rising out-of-pocket costs and gap payments, and a private hospital sector under real financial strain.
www.croakey.org
September 18, 2026 at 7:36 AM
On the over-65s private health insurance rebate: we’re looking at the wrong question #Agedcare #Healthreform #Privatehealthinsurance