The alternative to private health insurance proposed by dentists

If you are among the 13 million Australians with private health insurance as of Easter Sunday - April Fool's Day as it was - you are . Private health insurers were entitled to lift their premiums by an average of 3.95 per cent from April 1. While this constitutes the lowest change in annual premiums in nearly two decades , it will cost the average single Australian an extra $73 a year and $143 a year for families.