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Getting rid of junk health insurance policies is just tinkering at the margins of a much bigger issue

  • Written by Lesley Russell, Adjunct Associate Professor, Menzies Centre for Health Policy, University of Sydney
imageDissatisfaction with private health insurance policies is growing.from shutterstock.com

In media interviews and his speech at the National Press Club this week, the Australian Medical Association (AMA) president, Michael Gannon, has spoken out against “junk” health-insurance policies. He said these are “worth nothing more than the...

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