Q. Do you think the sale of Medibank Private will cause an increase or decrease in health insurance fees or will it make no difference?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total increase |
61% |
77% |
48% |
68% |
64% |
|
| Total decrease |
3% |
2% |
3% |
5% |
2% |
|
| Fees will increase a lot |
36% |
55% |
21% |
30% |
36% |
|
| Fees will increase a little |
25% |
22% |
27% |
38% |
28% |
|
| Will make no difference to fees |
19% |
7% |
36% |
10% |
21% |
|
| Fees will decrease a little |
2% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
1% |
|
| Fees will decrease a lot |
1% |
* |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
| Don’t know |
17% |
14% |
15% |
17% |
13% |
61% of respondents think that the sale of Medibank Private will cause an increase in health insurance fees, 19% think it will make no difference and 3% think fees will decrease.
Those most likely to think fees will increase were Labor voters (77%), Greens voters (68%), aged 45-64 (66%) and people on incomes under $600pw (69%).