{"id":624159,"date":"2026-04-22T19:25:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:25:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624159\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T19:25:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T19:25:08","slug":"labor-scraps-howard-era-private-health-insurance-rebate-for-over-65s-the-australian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/624159\/","title":{"rendered":"Labor scraps Howard-era private health insurance rebate for over-65s &#8211; The Australian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi_wFBVV95cUxOVmZHMUVLZGdwSkJmWVhHMkRTei1mOXJrck1OdkE3emNoWkFfWjFCeThydlpVVkJtZ3RqMllOZm84eWNFS2FkQmcyUHVRSDdwUHdtZ195OXRONDE1NXN1UTlTaGEtelBiUEVIbU1ISTNjSmpWYndXSDRLLXBsaUE2S0tZVXhKN19yVzZfRFhtVnpTd1VKMy1wUE83NTU1Mk90bTF0SWZVZ3JwSFA1LTVFblBZSzJvbUhsWVFhZ0xFS3lVa1AxMFFRelFYU2c2Um50ZVB6RWhkeFo0b1FnZzdjR2pGYzJfUHluRE5uZW5QZzJGRWVBMFBRdXhJQ0h0Yzg?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Labor scraps Howard-era private health insurance rebate for over-65s<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinwFBVV95cUxQZ1doajIySkEteWF0NTFPamROS2UydzN5YW9na21qem9VRjFUUTNtMnREUnNCR0lsZFVpSGZ2d09SZzhocGJ1dGYwYXFoeTZTR1BHQXhsUGhWR0ViSXAzMFdaaWt3Y3l2aWt5VkcxdENic2VmYVlKOUdWRFZGS2YxU1JFdjhDM3N2QmJkTGZ6aUoxSmdkc01QTk15V3hwU3M?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Government ends special private health treatment for over 65s<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian Broadcasting Corporation<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2gFBVV95cUxOaWp3a1JILThreVBiZUpaQTVuNEtiU2lLTVNnYzlkc0xrenRtdTQ0Z0l2b3hydFQ3bURoT3kwUDdtQWpJVGppM0NodHBiZHNwc2l3UVhHLWNzSFVzQW91cG1wX0drS1dweV9RX1FmZFZJN3lPa2tJdkpLWU4yZHEzR0NsWE9odXdTdW00Nkg4WWtLbXFWeUlDbXZaM2NCYkJZSWtBZjZOenNUcW51bkNLcGRiV2E2WkVBWnhOSTBIN3FLU3I3c3hCcFpqenktMGNWbnlCOU1GanZmdw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Labor to tackle two of budget\u2019s biggest headaches \u2013 aged care and NDIS \u2013 in one go<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Age<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wFBVV95cUxPZ0FvQ01EZzRRZjdGNHRqbmoxTmlHdm1KdTVsZkFVVUFaZXVrR1VoTHBRQk03dGhxVDlYazlCTHBHc0w4TTRPWUVBTzZKNTFTR3NnM0c5TFNMbzVVTkpEc09ibXl6QmpwSDEzSktkQ19ZaklNRnRScnVtQ3FDSjNnNXVnT285YlhUaVN0S0tnSVhjNUIwd3V2NkRGcFVWLXZyZ3U4aXBySVJVQUlKemtfVmwtSVRYLVpJbzhHdkJIMWNEc0s5X3dwcEhXQUFlY2hIck5ZWXhKaFlpemM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Albanese government to scrap Howard-era private health bonus for older Australians<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;SMH.com.au<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi5gFBVV95cUxNMjZsU19CNlZZQzNuVTRyMzlkZmZQRzA1M1k1S3EyRVNWQjhIeE1tbkxLcEk0OXNFV0R5Vkl2cHZ3QWs3bzQtNnpkSzhrc0pLLXBvbHhidHNiYTVuR194SjRrVnBPbTJCUzZtOHJBYjR6WHM2ZnVWcURhRFlBcDNMVkRvU1BoS0dFX3lEcmlnYXlycmQ3aV9hTjNWNFlldHRkRFYzdkUwYlBCcmtpd0V4aUNTNm14cnhFX0Y0OFJ0NkZEUUlrbWZhYWhlMVBlTVVsQWN3eFBXNTFoZzhUczB5dDBGNHdLZw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Home-care policy backflip \u2018fiddling at the edges\u2019<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Australian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Labor scraps Howard-era private health insurance rebate for over-65s&nbsp;&nbsp;The AustralianGovernment ends special private health treatment for over 65s&nbsp;&nbsp;Australian&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":372795,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":{"0":"post-624159","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-australia","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624159","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=624159"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/624159\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/372795"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=624159"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=624159"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=624159"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}