Q. Most Australians with private health insurance currently receive a subsidy from the Australian Government to help cover the cost of their premiums. Would you support or oppose abolishing the subsidy and using those funds to include dental care within Medicare?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote LNP | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
Total support | 48% | 55% | 39% | 65% | 49% | |
Total oppose | 32% | 27% | 45% | 17% | 35% | |
Strongly support | 22% | 28% | 13% | 31% | 28% | |
Support | 26% | 27% | 26% | 34% | 21% | |
Oppose | 13% | 11% | 18% | 6% | 16% | |
Strongly oppose | 19% | 16% | 27% | 11% | 19% | |
Don’t know | 20% | 17% | 16% | 18% | 16% |
48% supported abolishing the private health insurance subsidy and using those funds to include dental care within Medicare and 32% opposed.
Those most likely to support this idea were Greens voters (65%), Labor voters (55%) and aged 18-34 (57%)
Those most likely to oppose were Liberal National voters (45%) and aged 55+ (44%).