The nation’s health funds lodged their premium increase proposals last week to the Federal Government. Timely then that a survey by Roy Morgan out this week confirms satisfaction with private health insurers has declined to 2013 levels. Results show more than 10 per cent of Australians plan to leave their funds in the next 12 months and are shopping around. Lucy Cormack writing in the Age th... read more>

Hands up if you’re life is busy... all the time? Busy is the new normal it seems and at 52 I find life just seems to speed up rather than slow down. This is the excuse I used when one of the Fiftyup team asked me if I’d done some comparison shopping myself on energy or private health insurance around the lunch room table last Friday. Our mantra at the FiftyUp Club is to encourage members ... read more>

The three day moral panic that passes for serious debate around our private health insurance system has come and gone again. Premium increases can do that to you. And obviously getting hit up for an extra 5, 6, or 7 per cent is ­nobody’s idea of fun. Most of the media advice, by design, has a short shelf life. The issue will be back next year and the same games will play all over again. So, ... read more>

The Federal Government will return-to-sender the premium increases of health funds for next year, unless they pass-on an entire $86 million of annual savings to consumers. But premiums will still rise next year, even if the full amount is shared with policyholders. Federal Health Minister Sussan Ley told the FiftyUp Club Radio Show last night: “I, as minister receive the requests from the... read more>

HEALTH Challenge your misconceptions about health insurance Thankyou to all those who have registered your support for our campaign for better value Health Insurance. We've now hit our target of 25,000 supporters and with a week to go, who knows where we will end up? And the news continues to show why you want Health Insurance savings. An international study out this week is enough t... read more>