Private Health Insurance Rates

Australia's burgeoning ageing populations and changes in the Australia Government Rebate (AGR) are some of the other factors why your health insurance is likely to go up.

To what extent are health insurance contributions rising? From 2010 you will pay on avarage every year more for health insurance. Premium income rose by an annual mean of 5 to 6%. On the basis of the 2017 interest hikes, a $4,000 per annum increase in domestic policies could increase by an annual $193 on aggregate, while a $2,500 per annum increase in individual policies could increase by an annual $121 on aggregate.

From 2010, private health insurance has seen an overall growth in private health insurance rates of more than 50%. What will you know if your bonus will go up in 2018? The health insurance company will inform you in a written form about the higher health insurance rates in the event of a tariff raise and about your current health insurance plan.

The majority of private health insurance companies will begin increasing contributions on 1 April each year. Do your health insurance company's insurance rates grow and by how much? The precise contribution rises differ from investment to investment unit and from investment to investment unit. However, the percent increment that will be applicable to your personal insurance depends on the health insurance and insurance you choose.

It is not the case that every insurance contract or every insurance contract is increased by the same amount as the health insurance contribution. Certain policies will go up, others will go down and others will form a platform. To find the mean health insurance increment for 2017, click here. For 2018 there are no known contribution rises for private health insurance.

Could you prevent the increase in health insurance contributions? You have a number of ways that you can reduce the effects of increasing the health insurance coverage ratio. Published by the Government of Australia, the tariff is an industry standard for all insurance companies and not a standard tariff. That means that some insurance companies will show higher growth rates than others.

There are also variations in health insurance rates by state, type of products and other variable. A way to prevent the interest rates from rising is to incorporate the old interest rates - if your funds allow it - by making a year's advance payment before the changes take effect in April. If you change to iSelect and advance the annual bonus before the annual mean fare increases on April 1, 2018, you also advance the fare 2017^^^.

Certain policies will go up, others will go down and others will form a platform. Contact our health insurance specialists at 13 10 20 to discuss the rates hike and its impact on you. Your health insurance company is obliged to notify you in advance by April if you already have private health insurance. iSelect can help you see if another company can provide you with a better scheme or help you get a better deal with your existing health insurance company.

Find out if you can make savings on your health insurance by phoning 13 19 20. * Calculated from iSelect 2016 selling figures showing the 2016 annuity rate for a home insurance plan, iSelect 2016 shows an annuity of $3,835, which will rise by an estimated $185. To pay the yearly contribution before 1 April via iSelect, you must change your health insurance by 31 March 2018.