Health Fund Membership

The Private Health Insurance Administration Committee (PHIAC) has just updated statistics showing the percentage of the population with private health insurance as at 30 June 2005. Of particular interest to dentists is the percentage of the community with ancillary cover - which includes dental insurance.

In Victoria, only 31.9% of the population have ancillary cover, compared with a national average of 41.4%.

The adjacent graph illustrates the relative lack of interest by Victorians in private health insurance, especially compared with New South Wales, Western Australia and South Australia, all of which are above the national average.