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  • Bupa patients lose out on choice and risk out-of-pockets under No Gap scheme, experts warn | Heal…

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    Bupa patients lose out on choice and risk out-of-pockets under No Gap scheme, experts warn

    A former Bupa executive says the insurer is removing choice from its members. (ABC News: John Gunn)

    Health insurer Bupa has been accused of anti-competitive behaviour in its dealings with private hospitals.

    Critics are concerned it is ultimately leading to less choice for consumers. Bupa denies the claims and says it saves patients money.

    Private hospitals would like the competition regulator to intervene and an agreement on a new national benchmark pricing system.

    Health insurance giant Bupa has been accused of anti-competitive behaviour in its dealings with private hospitals, which critics say is ultimately reducing choice for Bupa customers.

    Leaked documents have revealed how the insurer's contracts impose stifling conditions on small hospitals — operators with little bargaining power against a fund that holds a quarter of the Australian market.

    Health insurance giant Bupa accused of squeezing private hospitals with anti-competitive contracts

    Health insurance giant Bupa has been accused of anti-competitive behaviour in its dealings with private hospitals.
     

    Health insurance giant Bupa has been accused of anti-competitive behaviour in its dealings with private hospitals.

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  • Long-time Bupa customer left $30k out of pocket after shoulder replacement denied | Labor approve…

    Long-time Bupa customer left $30k out of pocket after shoulder replacement denied | Labor approve…

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    Long-time Bupa customer left $30k out of pocket after shoulder replacement denied

    Marie and Trevor Cox were long term Bupa customers and found their insurance did not cover joint replacements. (ABC News: Patrick Stone)

    Trevor Cox was driving his wife to hospital for an emergency shoulder replacement when a phone call changed everything.

    Marie Cox had fallen on a nature strip and shattered her shoulder "like a Violet Crumble" days earlier.

    On the phone was their private hospital, informing them their insurer, Bupa, would not cover the surgery the next day.

    They would be out of pocket $30,000 and needed to pay $16,000 up-front.

    The couple described it as "cruel", having been with Bupa for 40 years, going back to its days as HBA.

    Labor approves 4.41% increase for health insurance premiums – as it happened

    Angus Taylor unveils Coalition frontbench with Tim Wilson as shadow treasurer and Nationals returned

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    Angus Taylor has unveiled his new shadow cabinet. View the list of appointments here.

    Taylor also said it was “time to move on” from comments about Indian migrants by the newly promoted Jacinta Nampijinpa Price and denied knowledge of a leaked Sussan Ley-era immigration policy.

    The health minister, Mark Butler, has approved a 4.41% increase for health insurance premiums.

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