Bridget McKenzie (Victoria, National Party, Minister for Regional Communications) Share this | Hansard source

In terms of Senator Kitching's question, I'm very, very happy to go to rate increase and affordability of private health insurance over the long term. And I'm very happy to go, indeed, Senator Kitching, to when your side of politics held the health portfolio.

If we want to go to affordability of private health insurance for 13 million Australians: in 2008-09, there was an increase of six per cent per annum on insurance premiums; in 2009-10— (Time expired)