The Australian | Health premium hike hits decade low as affordability hurts insurers The Australian Health insurers will hike annual premiums this year by an average of 4.84 per cent, the lowest increase in a decade, with insurers struggling to recruit new customers as affordability continues to bite. Federal Health Minister Greg Hunt, in his first ... Private health insurance premiums to rise by nearly 5 per cent 'It's not a bottomless pit': PM defends health insurance price hike Health fund premiums to rise in April-govt |