As if inflation weren’t enough of a problem in general, the insurance industry has a whole different reason to increase premiums.
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There’s little transparency surrounding how insurance firms collect, analyse and use our personal data when they establish insurance costs.
Disaster victims in Australia can wait months or years for insurance payouts – or can’t afford the premiums at all. As climate change worsens, we need a radical rethink.
Two economists explain what insurers can and can’t do to factor vaccination status into their coverage and rates.
As more provinces legislate no-fault auto insurance, drivers should be told that the system places tight restrictions on their right to be heard in court and reduces benefits.
It can be hard to work out what calculations to make when deciding on private health. So we asked a health economist to break it down.
Drop, suspend, downgrade or keep? Many people are feeling the pinch and wondering if private heath insurance is worth keeping during the coronavirus pandemic. Here’s what to consider.
The government’s latest changes to private health insurance won’t affect the cost of premiums.
After the Senate nixed a repeal of Obamacare, Pres. Trump turned to Twitter, vowing to let the law die. But he’s actually doing much more. Here’s how he’s taking an active part in destroying the law.
It’s time for Australia’s personal injury insurance schemes to start preparing for change.
Even Pres. Trump said he had no idea that health insurance can be so complicated.
Part of the reason is that it’s not something we really want to buy – and not something we want to buy for others.
Opinions are strong about the Affordable Care Act, but not everyone understands what the nearly 1,000-page law does. In case you missed the high points of the law, here’s a primer to help.
Double-digit premium increases are leading to an outcry that the Affordable Care Act is not working, yet parts of it are. Here’s what works, and ideas on how to fix what doesn’t.
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Professor of Health Finance, Weatherhead School of Management & School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University
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Professor of Law, University of Sydney
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Reader in Health Economics, Centre for Health Economics, University of York
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Senior Research Fellow, UNSW Allens Hub for Technology, Law & Innovation and Senior Lecturer, School of Private & Commercial Law, UNSW Law & Justice, UNSW Sydney
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Karen Willis is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor, Public Health, Victoria University, Victoria University
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Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine and Melbourne School of Design, The University of Melbourne
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Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Social Research in Health, UNSW Sydney
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Senior Lecturer, School of Archaeology and Anthropology; Director, Australian National Centre for Latin American Studies, Australian National University
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Quintiles Professor of Pharmaceutical Development and Regulatory Innovation, Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics, University of Southern California
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Assistant Professor in Finance Risk and Banking, University of Nottingham
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The Lee and Brena Freeman Professor at the University of Chicago Law School and Professor at the Pritzker School of Medicine., University of Chicago
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Associate Professor of Public Health, Texas A&M University
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Professor of Health Economics, The University of Melbourne
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Professor Emeritus, Economics, University of Calgary
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Professor of Health Economics, Indiana University
