Julia Gillard (Lalor, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Health and Manager of Opposition Business in the House) Share this | Hansard source

My question is again to the Minister for Health and Ageing and refers to ‘Project good guys’. Minister, isn’t it the case that this brief confirms the worst fears of Medibank Private members when it states, ‘Unlike other businesses that can defend themselves by making commitments for the future, we cannot make promises about future premiums and claims payments on behalf of a potential new owner’? Minister, doesn’t this statement prove that there are no guarantees for the three million Medibank private members and that after the sale they could face even higher premiums and reduced benefits?

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