Sussan Ley (Farrer, Liberal Party, Minister for Health) Share this | Hansard source

I hear continually from consumers like Snow about the rising cost of their private health insurance. In fact, in premiums tend to rise at double the rate of inflation, over seven per cent a year. What consumers tell me is that they are not confident that they are getting value for money. So our focus is on what we can do to provide a product, in consultation with everyone who has an interest in private health insurance, that meets their needs.

We have released a modest online survey—met with howls of protest from the opposition. My comment to the Labor Party would be: why are they so afraid of us asking consumers what they want and what they think? This online survey has already attracted thousands of responses, not hundreds of responses but thousands of responses.

Ms Plibersek interjecting—

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