2003 biennial convention shaping the future: in a world of uncertainty...membership decline, the Private Health Insurance industry in Australia experienced in mid-2000 massive growth as a result of the introduction of the entry-age rating system Lifetime Health Cover....
How effective is 'lifetime health cover' in raising private health insurance coverage in australia? an assessment using regression discontinuity... These are, in chronological order, (i) the Private Health Insurance Incentives Scheme (PHIIS), which imposes a tax levy on high-income earners who do not have private health insurance and provides a means-tested subsidy schedule for low-income earners who purchase PHI; (ii) a 30% premium rebate for all private health insurance policies to replace the means-tested component under PHIIS; and (iii) lifetime health cover, which permits a limited form of age-related risk rating by insurance funds....
How effective is “lifetime health cover” in raising private health insurance coverage in australia? an assessment using regression discontinuity... These are, in chronological order, (i) the Private Health Insurance Incentives Scheme (PHIIS), which imposes a tax levy on high-income earners who do not have private health insurance and provides a means-tested subsidy schedule for low-income earners who purchase PHI; (ii) a 30% premium rebate for all private health insurance policies to replace the means-tested component under PHIIS; and (iii) lifetime health cover, which permits a limited form of age-related risk rating by insurance funds....
How effective is lifetime health cover in raising private health insurance coverage in australia? an assessment using regression discontinuity... These are, in chronological order, (i) the Private Health Insurance Incentives Scheme (PHIIS), which imposes a tax levy on high-income earners who do not have PHI, and provides a means-tested subsidy schedule for low-income earners who purchase PHI; (ii) a 30% premium rebate for all private health insurance policies to replace the means-tested component under PHIIS; and (iii) Lifetime Health Cover, which permits a limited form of age-related risk rating by insurance funds....
