Libby Nuttall joined a growing number of women when she chose a public hospital for the birth of her son Elliott,because of expense of going private.
The average out-of-pocket expense for hospital treatment is about $300. The ACCC wants health funds to be more transparent about exclusions applying to policies
Medibank customers who have maintained hospital and extras cover for more than 10 years will benefit from a one-off,$20 million bonus from June.
Of each dollar Australians were coerced into paying Medibank shareholders for private health insurance,they received only 82.7 cents back.
The two dentists swindled $170,000 from a health insurer by claiming they carried out more than 1000 fillings on a single relative.