Health, Health Insurance, Healthcare, Polling, polls, Private Health Insurance Rebate, Private Healthcare
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%.