Fiona Nash (NSW, National Party, Deputy Leader of the Nationals) Share this | Hansard source

No, I don't agree, and I refer the senator to my previous answer, where I did refer to the fact that insurance had given a written guarantee. An agreement with the Medical Technology Association of Australia was struck, passing on $1 billion in savings directly to consumers. I answered the senator's question directly in my previous answer.

I would say it is this coalition government that is focused on ensuring we deliver good, equitable and affordable health care for people right across the country, and that includes within the area of private health insurance reform. It is because this government is focused on ensuring that we do that that we have seen the announcement for last week and we have seen the benefits that are going to be passed through to Australian consumers. We have seen this as a result of direct action around private health insurance reform for the Australian people.