Health and Ageing

Private health insurance levy - supporting the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman

Levies are collected from the private health insurance industry under the Private Health Insurance Complaints Levy Act 1995. This measure is the revenue component that offsets the corresponding expense measure, Maintain increase in the funding for the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman. Levies are imposed on health funds based on membership levels. Provision has already been made in the forward estimates for this revenue.

See also the related expense measure titled Private Health Insurance Ombudsman - maintain existing funding in the Health and Ageing portfolio.