Health Legislation Amendment (Improving Choice and Transparency for Private Health Consumers) Act 2026

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A new private health law got royal assent on the eighteenth of September. It does two things. One. The health department may publish what doctors charge, and likely out-of-pocket costs. The Act says that can't include personal details of anyone who isn't a doctor. The explanatory memorandum, not the Act, says eight point six per cent of people delayed or missed specialist care because of cost in twenty twenty-four to twenty-five. Two. Insurers must ask the Minister to approve premiums for new products, and for changes to existing ones. Some changes to cover count from the second of April twenty twenty-seven. Both parts started on the nineteenth of September. Some details sit in rules not yet on the register.

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