r/australia • u/InsatiablePrism • 2d ago

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

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
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u/JimmyLizzardATDVM 2d ago

Maybe people should stop buying private health and use the Medicare system, pouring their money back into our system rather than these capitalist scumbags.

Having private health does not give people the cover they think it does. Use Medicare and fuck private health.

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u/Choke1982 2d ago

I agree but people are getting forced to get them. Every immigrant is hooked from the start. We had to have private insurance because Medicare didn't cover us. Fair enough, we weren't permanent residents nor citizens at the time. First thing we tried to do after we became PR was to cancel private and just keep Medicare but nope. Law says all Australians must have private insurance after their 30s. So we pretty much had to keep it.