John Menadue and Ian McAuley look at how government handouts to the private health insurance industry put subsidies to the auto industry in the shade.

This report details the results of a survey which captures the experiences of Australians living with mental illness when accessing insurance products and making claims against their policies.

This brief, by Luke Buckmaster, considers the historical development of Medibank Private, some legal issues relating to ownership of the fund and some policy arguments for and against the sale.

The new private health insurance reforms - in particular the 30 per cent rebate and Lifetime Health Cover - were partly aimed at relieving pressures on public hospitals. Combining the use of two new models - Private Health Insurance and NSW hospitals - Agnes Walker, Richard Percival, Linc Thurecht, Jim Pearse estimate that, with the...

In 2002 private health insurance premiums increased by 6.9 per cent, the first increase in premiums since the introduction of a number of incentives designed to increase private health insurance membership and constrain premium increases. In response to the continued growth in premiums the Commonwealth government announced a series of changes in the way private...