Robert Oakeshott (Lyne, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

asked the Minister for Health and Ageing, in writing, on 16 August 2011:

(1) Why have private health insurance premiums under Medibank Private been rising over the past five years, beyond the annual rate of inflation.

(2) Is she aware that a constituent in the electorate of Lyne claims that his Medibank Private premium rose by (a) 6.7 per cent in 2007, (b) 4.5 per cent in 2008; (c) 10.3 per cent in 2009, (d) 5.4 per cent in 2010, and (e) 8 per cent in 2011.

(3) For the same period, what were Medibank Private's (a) annual dividends received by the Government, (b) net profit after tax earning, and (c) rate of return.

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