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It is hoped that private health insurance companies will take in more Australians and that current members will stop lowering policy levels after the administration says next year's premium growth will be 3.25 percent on aggregate - the slowest in 18 years. Although private health insurance companies had to pay 20.5 billion dollars for health services last year, 3.4 percent more than in the previous year, insurance companies are under increasing strain because clients are turning their backs on the industry.

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The Bupa accuses of impending private health insurance reform | Australia Newspaper

According to top medicine, changes to the private health insurance companies Bupa announces could jeopardise the German government's efforts to revamp the sector. The Australian Association issued its private health insurance reporting on Monday, targeting Bupa in particular because it told members that they would only be eligible for coverage if they were hospitalised in a Bupa-approved clinic or health center.

If an operation is not performed at a contractually agreed institution or according to certain published clinical standards, Bupa will only charge 25% of Medicare's medical bills on the physician's fees - the statutory mimimum. This means higher cost out of pockets for the individual case. "The Bupa amendment will have a significant impact on physicians and the hospitals where they care for their clients, and can make it harder for clients to select the best fitting hospital," the AMA reports.

It would also have a "significant impact" on the contractual relation between hospital and insurer. Dr. Michael Gannon, Chairman of AMA, said, "The review also emphasized that the thousand polices that are being offered vary significantly in level of benefit, coverage and coverage gap. Several of these guidelines were practically pointless and were only developed to help the patient prevent the payment of the Medicare upcharge.

On Monday, the Dutch consumption organisation Wahl asked customers to check whether they really needed private health insurance, with rates rising from 1 April. Folks should check and amend their rules before that date to prevent the bonus from rising, an election spokesperson, Tom Godfrey, said. "Whether you want to get out of the private system, get out of a crack insurance scheme, or climb to top-level coverage, this is the last opportunity to act to prevent the rate increase," he said.

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