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Media Centre
The Australian Private Hospitals Association (APHA) is committed to providing timely comment on current and emerging issues, and being responsive to media enquiries, as a vital conduit to the public. Media requests for comment should be directed to APHA's Director - Public Affairs, Partnerships and Events Lilly Tawadros on M: 0422 337 867 or via E: .
March 2026
- 10 Mar 2026
Government scraps eye injection change amid warnings patients worse off
The APHA welcomes the Federal Government's decision to abandon changes to intravitreal eye injections, saving patients from hefty out-of-pocket costs and ensuring that insured patients in private hospitals remain fully covered...
- 4 Mar 2026
Time for government to do what it said it would do
Time's up! The Government has to now follow through. Rhetoric must give way to putting out the flames reducing Australia's once renowned public-private hospital system to embers. The Minister pledged the solution a year ago, now it's time to act...
- 2 Mar 2026
Systemic underfunding of private hospitals continues
Private hospital utilisation is now above pre-Covid levels, but the benefits ratio paid by insurers is nowhere near the pre-Covid 90% benchmark. The facts make a mockery of claims that benefits are lagging due to under-utilisation...
- 1 Mar 2026
Hospital peak bodies unite on joint position to address private hospital viability
APHA and CHA make the case to force insurers to meet the costs of private healthcare by guaranteeing a 90% payout ratio and mandating a code of conduct for insurance contracting. They also seeking 50/50 funding for looming nurse pay rises...
- 1 Mar 2026
Strengthening the sustainability of Australia's private hospital system
APHA and CHA's Joint Policy Paper calls for a 90% benefits ratio guarantee, a Mandatory Code of Conduct for the insurance contracting regime and 50/50 funding with the Commonwealth for 2026 nurse wage increases...
February 2026
- 18 Feb 2026
2026 premium hike cannot be another insurer cash grab
With health insurance premiums rising, private hospitals are calling on government to restore pre-Covid benefit levels and force insurers to pass on premiums to those providing healthcare. Otherwise, this year's rise will simply line insurer pockets...