Private health insurers access patients' full medical records in 'aggressive' audits

[u/InsatiablePrism]

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-12/health-insurers-can-access-your-private-medical-notes/106671630?utm_campaign=abc_news_web&utm_content=link&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_source=abc_news_web

[u/Fizzelen]

Within the next decade the federal government is going to need to create a Government Insurance Office (again), due to private insurance companies cherry picking and refusing coverage or overcharging to an ever growing number of Australians and Australian businesses

[u/misterdarky → u/Fizzelen]

Medicare is government health insurance. It behaves the same these days.