The things you learn while reading a share prospectus. An Australian private health insurer cannot, by law, be refused a policy, charged a higher premium, or denied particular product features.
A side-effect of this is that policyholders can switch between private health insurers without needing to re-serve waiting periods on a comparable cover.
And our politicians want us to go to the American system?
Mind you, the share prospectus I'm reading is for a government-owned private health insurer that is about to be sold off in a public listing...
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The old house keys being handed over tomorrow. The hardest part is getting people who say they're going to pick up free things to actually pick them up...
A side-effect of this is that policyholders can switch between private health insurers without needing to re-serve waiting periods on a comparable cover.
And our politicians want us to go to the American system?
Mind you, the share prospectus I'm reading is for a government-owned private health insurer that is about to be sold off in a public listing...
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The old house keys being handed over tomorrow. The hardest part is getting people who say they're going to pick up free things to actually pick them up...