private health insurance premiums to increase an average 5.59% /

Rises lower than final year after Sussan Ley asked insurers to lower the cost of their policies or justify the higher chargesPrivate health insurance premiums will increase on average by 5.59% from 1 April,slightly less than the 6.2% demanded final year.
The lower increases come after the health minister, Sussan Ley, or stepped in and asked insurers in January to either lower their premium increases or justify them.Continue reading...

Source: theguardian.com