Australia's Health minister Greg Hunt announced that private insurance costs rose by an average of 3.25% next year, effective April 1. The price increase is the lowest since 2001.
Among the 13 million Australians who buy private insurance, singles face an average of A $1.14 an additional weekly payment, and households pay an average of A $2.35 per week.
But at the same time, you will find that the new classification of gold, silver and copper from next year will lead to an increase in the number of uncovered items in lower-level insurance.
Labour complains that in the future many people will choose to downgrade their insurance or give up buying private insurance directly. , Medibank Private and AHM have announced a 3.3 percent increase after today's announcement.