Government Accuses Opposition Of Wanting To Privatise Australian Health Insurance

Post by Sharat on May 18, 2009 · Under insurance · Comment

The Commonwealth Government’s Minister for Health Nicola Roxon, has suggested that the opposition wants to privatise low income earners health insurance, which would make it far more expensive for low income earners to obtain health care.

Ms. Roxon said that the leader of opposition wanted to force people on low incomes to purchase private health insurance.

“The reason that Mr Turnbull wants to get rid of private health insurance measures that the government has proposed in the budget is because he believes, and has explicitly said, that every Australian should have private health insurance. What that means is that every pensioner, every veteran, every family no matter what their income should have private health insurance.” ,” Ms Roxon told reporters in Melbourne on Saturday.

The Health Minister lambasted the previous John Howard led government for using its time in office to attack public hospitals and blasted , and then accused the opposition liberal party of trying to migrate people from public to private health insurance.

Ms. Roxon said that the Kevin Rudd led government had implemented measures which made it quite clear that top wage earners, the people who could afford it the most, or couples earning over $240,000, would have to contribute a greater share towards private means of health insurance.

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