Why people are quitting private health insurance | 7.30

Tens of thousands of Australians have abandoned private health insurance over the past year. The experience of two women, dealing with hefty out-of-pocket bills and having to fight to have their claims covered, show that the slide in health insurance membership could be hard to halt.

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