- Date
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25 Nov 2019
- Chamber
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House of Representatives
- Status
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Not Proceeding
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Sponsor
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WILKIE, Andrew, MP
- Summary
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Amends the:
Private Health Insurance Act 2007
and Private Health Insurance (Prudential Supervision) Act 2015
to: prevent private health insurers from providing differential rebates for the same treatment provided under the same product in the same jurisdiction; enable the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority to intervene in the private health insurance market if private health insurers are inappropriately using information obtained from the Health Industry Claims and Payments Service to influence that market; and prevent private health funds from being both insurers and service providers of general health treatments.