New Premium Calculation Method for the Private Health Insurance Insurer Board

Private Health Insurance Amendment (Modernising the Private Health Insurance Rebate) Bill 2026

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Effects of this bill

If this bill passes, it means that:

The Private Health Insurance Insurer Board must use a single percentage to work out its share of health insurance benefits.
The age of the insured person no longer affects this percentage.
These changes apply to premiums paid on or after 1 April 2027.
The law removes previous rules that linked the benefit share to the age of the insured person.

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