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Health Insurance Plan News

No Capital Gains Tax

Wednesday February 27, 2008
THE Federal Government has pledged that policyholders of health insurance funds will not have to pay capital gains tax when their funds demutualise, although they will when they subsequently sell their new shares.

Mbf To Put Merger Deal To Policyholders

Saturday February 9, 2008
BUPA AUSTRALIA'S five-year plan to overtake Medibank Private and become the dominant player in private health insurance entered its final stages yesterday after its would-be partner MBF agreed to put a $2.41 billion merger deal to its 800,000 policyholders.