Health rebate cuts spark aged care funding debate
The Albanese government will scrap higher health insurance rebates for seniors from next year, eliminating age-based benefits in favour of income-tested rebates across all age groups. The changes will impact more than three million Australians, with seniors keeping their policies facing costs of over $200 more annually and government modelling predicting 44,000 people will drop their private health coverage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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