Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

I'll ask the Minister for Health to add further to this question. You rightly note that policyholders have had the benefit of a reprieve from those companies. I think it's very important, as we continue to work through these many issues, that wherever possible we try not to look at these issues as a contest or a conflict between interests here and that we try and encourage others to come to the table in good faith and not to second-guess their motives wherever possible. That will be subject to the normal tests that I think will exist in the public space. But it has not been apparent to me that the private health insurance companies have engaged in bad faith in this process and nor would I expect them to do so. If they were to do so, then the government would obviously take steps to ensure that that was remedied. With that introduction, I'm happy for the Minister for Health to add further.

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