Private health insurance
Alternative labels
Health insurance premiums
Medibank Private
Demand for private health insurance
Discussion paper
An Economic Analysis of the Private Health Insurance Incentive Act (1998)
This paper by Rhema Vaithianathan argues that since insurers are able to design plans to separate risk groups, the consequences of adverse selection - one of the bases for the introduction of the Private Health Insurance Incentive Act (1998) - may have been exaggerated.