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Medibank Sale Faces Opposition

Posted in Dental Health News by Dion Kramer on April 24, 2006

An article titled Survey reveals opposition to Medibank sale has appeared in the ABC News Online.

  • A survey commisioned by the Health Services Union has found overwhelming public opposition to the Federal Government’s planned sale of Medibank Private.

  • Newspoll questioned 1200 people. The results indicated that 64 per cent were opposed to the health fund’s privatisation and 14 per cent supported it. The survey also indicated that 74 per cent feared the sale of Medibank Private would lead to higher premiums.

  • Health Services Union spokesperson Craig Thompson says most people fear Medibank’s privatisation will lead to higher premiums.

    • “Australians are saying we want to keep our assets, we want to keep the Government in the market in terms of private health insurance because what we expect to see happening is that the cost of health insurance will go up. We know what happens when the health insurance goes up, is people simply drop out of health insurance and that puts added pressure on our health system.”

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