Private health insurance to rise after government approves premium hike

Labor warns more people will dump their private cover after insurers given green light to lift premiums by an average of 3.25% next year

Labor has slammed the federal government for giving private health insurers the green light to lift their premiums by an average of 3.25% next year.

The health minister, Greg Hunt, says the rise for the 13 million Australians with private health cover is the lowest since 2001 and will come into effect on 1 April.

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