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2026 Health Premium Rise - Featured on WIN News

Updated 03 March 2026

Kate Browne
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2026 Health Premium Rise - Featured on WIN News

Kate Browne from Compare Club joined WIN News to talk about the impact of the 1 April 2026 private health insurance premium rises and how they can vary across funds and policies. To see how much it could cost you check out our calculator here .


About the author
author Kate Browne

Head of Research and Insights

Kate Browne is Compare Club's Head of Research and Insights. She has almost two decades of experience in the media as a managing editor, news editor, investigative journalist and broadcaster. She has worked at Yahoo Finance, Finder, CHOICE and the ABC and has written for dozens of publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, the Sun Herald, The Age, news.com.au, the Sunday Telegraph, The Big Issue, Sunday Life and Kidspot. She was also one of the writers and presenters of ABC TV's top-rating consumer affairs show The Checkout which ran for six seasons.

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