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Insurers short-change hospitals and the state

Summary by weeklytimes.com.au

Private health funds are refusing to pay their bills. And when they don’t pay, you do. Since the 1980s private health insurers have paid for their members to use public hospitals. But now, some private insurers are only paying half the daily cost of a bed for a patient in a public hospital. The rest has been picked up by NSW taxpayers at a cost of $140 million every year. That amount, $140 million, is enough for 1000 more nurses, 100 extra beds …

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