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The Australian Government encourages you to take out private health insurance through the Government Rebate, Age-based Discount and Lifetime Health Cover Loading. It is important to personalise your price.
The Government Rebate, also known as the Private Health Insurance Rebate, is a rebate the Australian Government pays towards the cost of your health insurance to make it more affordable.
If you are eligible for the Rebate, you are entitled to a rebate on the cost of your:
Your Rebate depends on your:
The Age-based Discount is a discount on the cost of health insurance for people under 30.
It is designed to encourage young people to take out private health insurance.
If you are under 30, you can take advantage of savings on Hospital Cover with insurers that offer the Age-based Discount.
The Age-based Discount is calculated at 2% for each year you are under 30 up to a maximum of 10%. You retain the discount until you are 41 then it phases out at 2% per year.
The Lifetime Health Cover Loading is an extra charge you may have to pay if you take out Hospital Cover after the age of 30.
It is designed to encourage Australians to take out Hospital Cover early in life.
The Lifetime Health Cover Loading is a 2% loading for every year you are over 30 from the time you take out Hospital Cover.
The maximum Loading you have to pay is 70%.
Once you have paid the Lifetime Health Cover Loading for 10 years, you no longer have to pay it.
Although Australia has a public health system, known as Medicare, the Australian Government encourages everyone to take out private health insurance to ease the pressure on the public health system.
Before deciding whether to take out private health insurance, especially Hospital Cover, understand the implications of not taking out cover, especially if you want to postpone taking out private health insurance until later in life.
If you have an income below a certain amount, you may be able to save on Hospital Cover, Extras Cover and Ambulance Cover through the Private Health Insurance Rebate (Government Rebate).
If you are under 30, you may be able to save up to 10% on Hospital Cover through the Age-based Discount (Discount).
If you postpone taking out Hospital Cover until you are over 30, you are likely to have to pay the Lifetime Health Cover Loading (Loading). This will increase the price of health cover at 2% per year up to a maximum of 70%.
If you earn over a certain amount and do not take out Hospital Cover, the Australian Government will charge you up to 1.5% extra in tax through the Medicare Levy Surcharge.
It may be cheaper for you to take out Hospital Cover than to pay more tax.
