Private Health Insurance, Private Health Insurance Rebate
Q: Do you think the Government’s private health insurance rebate should be means tested or should all people who pay private health insurance receive a rebate?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Private health insurance rebate should be means tested | 42% | 53% | 37% | 48% | 37% | |
| Everyone who pays private health insurance should receive a rebate | 44% | 39% | 53% | 32% | 49% | |
| Don’t know | 14% | 9% | 9% | 20% | 14% |
42% think the private health insurance rebate should be means tested and 44% think everyone should receive a rebate.
Those more likely to think it should be means tested were aged 55+ (50%) and those earning less than $1,600 pw (49%).
Those more likely to think everyone should receive a rebate were aged under 35 (49%) and those earning more that $1,600+ pw (54%).
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Q. The Government proposes to means test the private health insurance rebate, with reductions beginning for a single person earning more than $80,000 or families on $160,000. Singles earning more than $124,000 and families on more than $248,000 will not receive any of the rebate. Do you support or oppose means testing the heath insurance rebate for people on higher incomes?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Income less than $31,200 | Income $31,200-$51,999 | Income $52,000-$83,199 | Income $83,200+ | |||
| Total support | 53% | 76% | 38% | 65% | 67% | 63% | 59% | 45% | ||
| Total oppose | 33% | 13% | 51% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 28% | 46% | ||
| Strongly support | 22% | 46% | 8% | 22% | 33% | 23% | 23% | 21% | ||
| Support | 31% | 30% | 30% | 43% | 34% | 40% | 36% | 24% | ||
| Oppose | 15% | 9% | 21% | 13% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 18% | 4% | 30% | 6% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 27% | ||
| Don’t know | 14% | 11% | 11% | 15% | 15% | 15% | 12% | 10% |
The majority of respondents support the means test on the private health insurance rebate for people on higher incomes (53%), with 33% opposed to the reform.
Those on low incomes of less than $31,200 per annum are the most likely to be in favour of the reform, with 67% supporting the means test. Conversely, those on higher incomes (earning $83,200+ per annum) are the most likely to oppose the means test, with 46% against it and 45% in favour of it.
Looking at the results by voting intention, those most likely to be against the reform are Coalition voters with the majority opposing the means test (51%), whilst Labor voters are the most likely to be in favour of it (76%). Greens voters trail 11 points behind Labor in favour of the reform at 65%.
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Q. The Government proposes to phase out the 30 per cent rebate on private health insurance for singles on incomes over $75,000 and couples on $150,000-plus. Do you support or oppose means testing the heath insurance rebate for people on higher incomes?
| Total
% |
Voter ID | Weekly income | ||||||
| Labor | Coalition | Green | < $600
per week |
$600 – $1000 per week | $1000 – $1600 per week | $1600 +
per week |
||
| Total support | 51% | 66% | 39% | 57% | 63% | 60% | 53% | 41% |
| Total oppose | 34% | 20% | 50% | 32% | 24% | 25% | 28% | 50% |
| Strongly support | 23% | 33% | 14% | 28% | 36% | 25% | 24% | 14% |
| Support | 28% | 33% | 25% | 29% | 27% | 35% | 29% | 27% |
| Oppose | 17% | 11% | 23% | 20% | 16% | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| Strongly oppose | 17% | 9% | 27% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 13% | 31% |
| Don’t know | 15% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 19% | 10% |
When it comes to the Government’s proposed plan to phase out the 30 per cent rebate on private health insurance for singles on incomes over $75 000 and couples on $150,000 plus, just over half (51%) support means testing the health insurance rebate for people on higher incomes. 34% oppose means testing for people on higher incomes and 15% don’t know.
Labor voters were more likely to support means testing the health insurance rebate for people on higher incomes (66%), while Coalition voters were more likely to oppose it (50%).
Support for a means test decreased as weekly income increased – people earning less than $600 per week were more likely to support means testing the health insurance rebate for people on higher incomes (63%), while those earning $1600 per were more likely to oppose (50%).
People not working were more likely to support the means test (57%), while those in full-time work were more likely to oppose (37%). Comments »