"Green Lantern" <green@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "Sir John Howard" <sirjohnhoward@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> Medicare windfall will see some save $1500
>>
>> http://www.news.com.au/business/story/0,23636,23674310-462,00.html
<snip>
>> Private health cover has stabilised in recent years with 10 million
>> Australians covered by private health insurance. But insurance
>> premiums have risen well above the inflation rate.
>>
>> Singles pay between $600 and $1800 a year for private cover, while
>> families shell out between $1200 and $4000, even after the 30 per cent
>> rebate is taken into account.
>
> Nicola Rocks Off dropped the ball on health premium increases; so the
Govt
> is going into damage control. It may prove to be a good negotiating
tactic
> for next year. If health funds are contemplating further massive
> increases, they'll also have to contemplate the terrible consequences of
a
> further increase in the Medicare threshold.
Thats the big banks and insurance companies covered, now if you can just
cry
about telemarketers, lawyers and used car salesman getting hard done by
the
Liberal Party will have cornered that elusive 5% approval rating
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