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Butler rejects health insurers’ second bid to lift prices
Ronald MizenPolitical correspondent
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Health Minister Mark Butler has rejected a second round of requests from private health insurers to increase customer premiums, telling some providers they must help more during the cost-of-living crisis.
With a federal election due within months, the Albanese government is loath to approve above-inflation premium increases. The health minister has the final say over annual premium rises for about 14 million Australians with private health insurance.
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Ronald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra. Connect with Ronald on Twitter. Email Ronald at ronald.mizen@afr.com
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