Is private health insurance worth it?

By Georgina Dent
Updated September 4 2017 - 6:18am, first published 6:09am
Insurers make a lot of profit from things like dental where only a small amount of the cost is actually covered, Ian McAuley says. Photo: Erin Jonasson
Insurers make a lot of profit from things like dental where only a small amount of the cost is actually covered, Ian McAuley says. Photo: Erin Jonasson

At the beginning of last year, my husband needed to have his wisdom teeth taken out. He had the rumblings of an infection and having the offending teeth removed – along with a course of antibiotics – was deemed the necessary course of action, so we booked it in.

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