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Letters to the Editor
The following Letters to the Editor, penned by the Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA), include commentary and/or rebuttal covering important facts, figures and issues of importance to the sector and its patients, published in various forums...
July 2026
- 15 Jul 2026
Insurers are the real healthcare culprits
It might be touching if not so disingenuous. Insurers hike Gold premiums by 70% over recent years and encourage people to take out lesser coverage, they are foisting massive gap payments on patients to save themselves claims costs. Our Letter in the AFR...
- 3 Jul 2026
Clinical cost-cutting bad for healthcare
APHA's response to media reports on 'no gap surgery', highlighting the threat to patients and clinical outcomes when health insurers own private hospitals. Published in the Sydney Morning Herald...