Shorten, Turnbull spar over promise to cap health insurance premiums

Opposition Leader Bill Shorten tells a suggestion to cap private health insurance shows Labor is the just party which has a "Honest dinkum" outline to bargain by cost of living pressures. A Labor Gov. would cap private health insurance increases to 2 per cent for 2 years compared by a ten-year Rate of five.five per cent, keeping a family $344. "Furthermore, a collapse in the private health insurance sector would see public infirmary waiting times blow out." Consumers Health Forum boss Leanne Wells too supported steps to get better health insurance affordability, telling it continued to be a double-edged sword for many consumers. "On highest of their hight health insurance premiums, they still to face out-of- sine costs," she said.

Anti-trans health insurance discrimination bill defeated in Va.

A Virginia home of Delegates subcommittee on Tuesday tabled a bill which would have banned health insurance providers from discriminating versus transgender policyholders in the state. Rodman's bill despite the recommendation of every great medicinal association who stand in licence which transition-linked care is medically needful & ought not be excluded from health insurance," he added. "No man ought be denied health insurance coverage due to who they are. But, transgender patients often face barrier after barrier while seeking health care," she said. "We are disappointed which conservative delegates defeated HB 1466 which would have eliminated health insurance discrimination versus transgender individuals."

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