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Every year, like all Australian insurers, we review our premiums to ensure we can continue to cover the rising cost and increase in demand for quality healthcare. As a proudly not-for-profit health fund, we do all we can to avoid increasing our premiums any more than is absolutely necessary.

As a private health insurer, it’s our role to advocate for better health, even if it does mean sometimes ruffling a few feathers. E-cigarettes are being touted as the miracle saviour to help people quit smoking. However, we think they’re doing more harm than good. Until there is proper research on the real effects of vaping, we should not be supporting it in Australia.