private health insurance

Australians with private health insurance are set for a shock next month as insurers hike their premiums.It is the latest pressure on households as interest rates remain startling high and soaring cost of living shrinks the family…

More than a million Australians with private health insurance are set to be hit with a spike in their premiums.A total of eight funds will be charging more from Saturday, April 1, as a host of others have again postponed their premium…

Medibank has made headlines once again, with cyber criminals releasing more customer data onto the dark web, along with a rather disturbing message. On Wednesday evening, the hacking group “Revel” reportedly dumped more private data onto…

The Medibank data breach has already impacted 9.7 million customers – and now, that staggering number has increased even further, after it emerged that staff details had also been compromised.Last month, the private health insurance giant…

Furious Medibank and ahm customers are gearing up for a major legal battle as a potential class action against the health insurance giants looms.Last month, Medibank – one of the nation’s biggest private health insurance providers –…

When 24-year-old Lachie Keen decided to press publish on a post appealing for job opportunities in his local Facebook group, he was nervous at the reaction it would receive. Around three-and-a-half months into his treatment for Hodgkin’s…

Medibank customers have been dealt a massive new blow after the company today confirmed that all customer personal data was exposed to cyber criminals along with “significant amounts” of health claims.The hacking scandal now threatens to…

Most of us dream of the day we can clock off work for good – but an alarming new survey has found a huge number of Australians can no longer afford to retire. According to new research from comparison site Finder, around three in five – or…

Australians could soon be forking out thousands more for private treatments if a scheme which requires insurers to pay default benefits to hospitals is abolished. In its submission to the federal government’s review of default benefits,…

All Australians want to be able to enjoy a comfortable retirement, with new recent figures showing exactly how much money you need to do that.The Association of Super Funds Australia (ASFA) has claimed single Aussies need at least $545,000…