Exempting pensioners from private health rebate changes won’t make it fairer. Here’s what would

By Yuting Zhang, Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
Ali Yasin Vergili, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Technology Sydney
Nathan Kettlewell, Associate Professor, School of Economics and Marketing, University of Technology Sydney

The government wants to remove the extra private health insurance rebate paid to people aged 65 and over to improve intergenerational equity and provide a less complex rebate.

Its first attempt was defeated in parliament. The government has now brought the bill back…

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