Bill
Medicare Levy Amendment (Excess Levels for Private Health Insurance Policies) Bill 2018
passed, as at 2018-09-21. Health portfolio.
- Sponsor
- Not recorded
- Portfolio
- Health
Recorded stages
- introduced — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-03-28
- second reading — 2018-05-31
- third reading — 2018-05-31
- introduced — 2018-06-18
- second reading — 2018-06-18
- second reading — 2018-09-10
- second reading — 2018-09-10
- committee — 2018-09-10
- third reading — 2018-09-10
- passed — 2018-09-10
- royal assent — 2018-09-21
Divisions
No divisions recorded. Most questions are decided on the voices; this does not establish that a bill was unopposed.
Plain-language summary
Written by a model from the explanatory memorandum; not the record, as at 2018-03-28.
This bill is one of three in a package that overhauls private health insurance rules.
It would raise the maximum voluntary excess on policies that exempt holders from the Medicare levy surcharge.
The package also allows age-based premium discounts, lets insurers cover regional Australians' travel and accommodation, and expands the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman's audit powers.
- Increase maximum voluntary excess levels for products providing an exemption from the Medicare levy surcharge.
- Amend the Private Health Insurance Act 2007 and associated legislation.
- Allow age-based premium discounts for hospital cover.
- Permit insurers to cover travel and accommodation for regional Australians as part of hospital treatment.
- Strengthen the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman's powers.
- Improve consumer information and allow insurers to terminate products and transfer policy-holders.
Private health insurers and their policy-holders.
Sources
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