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  • Apr, 2014

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    Impact on fees of privatising Medibank Private

    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%).

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