Explainer: why do Australians have private health insurance?

Explainer: why do Australians have private health insurance?

Some under-31-year-olds take out private health insurance to avoid paying a lifetime health cover loading which takes effect by July 1 following their 31st birthday. If they take out private health insurance after the age of 30, they pay an extra 2 …

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Ted Cruz To Cover His Family With Obamacare, THEN Kill It With Fire, Because …

The “law” — which, in case you've missed any of a thousand Cruz speeches telling you isn't even legal anyway — mandates that if Cruz wants his employer to cover his health insurance, he's got to do so through the exchanges, thanks to a HI-larious …

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Column: Raising the alarm on children's health care

These policymakers also noticed that many, if not most, health insurance policies did not cover some of those specialized children's health care services. Indeed, most such policies did not cover habilitative services such as speech therapy for …

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Calif. School Districts Struggling To Cover Lifetime Health Benefits

Many California school districts are considering scaling back their lifetime health insurance benefits for retirees because they are not prepared to absorb the growing cost of health care obligations, the Los Angeles Times reports.

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