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Aged care · Private health rebate
Did the minister say how many pensioners lose the health-insurance rebate?
The opposition asked one specific number: how many pensioners will lose their additional private health insurance rebate under the change for over-65s. Three points of order on relevance were raised during the answer. The number was not given. You judge: answered or dodged?
Asked · Senator Ruston (Liberal, SA — Deputy Opposition Leader in the Senate): Can the minister confirm how many pensioners will lose their private health insurance additional rebate under Labor's $11 billion change for older Australians?
Answered · Senator McAllister (representing the Minister for Aged Care and Seniors): The minister defended the change — the same income-based support for all ages, subsidies of up to 24 per cent still available, an average impact she put at about $250 a year, funding a $3 billion aged-care investment — but did not give the number of pensioners affected.
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