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30 July 2008
Health Funds Association Annual Report for 2007-2008
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25 July 2008

Slower growth in health insurance a warning for public hospitals
Deteriorating economic conditions slowed the growth of the health insurance sector in the June quarter, which could place more pressure on the public health system, according to the Health Funds Association (HFANZ). more

26 June 2008
Health Funds Association Cover Stories Health Insurance  News - June 2008
In this issue: Budget reaction; Health insurance coverage up; Insurers meet solvency standard; Healthier workers means healthier bottom line for employers. more

25 June 2008

Health insurers meet solvency standard

Health insurers today published details of their solvency positions under the Solvency Standard adopted last year. more

13 June 2008
Patients health and wallets will suffer from lab test scheme
Patients will suffer as a result of the decision by the Otago and Southland District Health Boards to stop paying for laboratory tests ordered by private specialists, the Health Funds Association says.
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19 May 2008
Private elective surgery contribution needs recognition
The Government could do better with the growing elective surgery need if it recognised the valuable contribution of the private sector, says the Health Funds Association of New
Zealand (HFANZ). more

9 May 2008
Hospital strikes, uncertainty contribute to private sector growth
The number of New Zealanders covered by health insurance rose by 18,800 to a record 1.388 million in the year to the end of March, according to statistics released today by the Health Funds Association of New Zealand (HFANZ). more

17 April 2008

Lab test scheme 'failed exercise in cost-shifting'

Today's release of the long-awaited evaluation of patient charges for laboratory testing in Wellington shows the experiment to be a failed exercise in cost-shifting, according to the Health Funds Association. more

16 April 2008
Health industry supports call to scrap FBT
The health industry says 250,000 more New Zealanders could benefit from health insurance cover if a Government advisory group's recommendation to abolish fringe benefit tax (FBT) is adopted. more

8 April 2008
Healthy workers mean healthier bottom line
Employers could find it easier to attract workers to meet the skills shortage in many industries if they added health benefits to employment packages, according to Health Funds Association executive director Roger Styles. more

17 March 2008
Cover Stories - our quarterly newsletter
Keeping you up to date with trends and issues in the health sector
March 2008 Issue

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10 March 2008
Submission on Financial Service Providers (Registration and Dispute Resolution) Bill HFANZ supports the objectives of the Bill and the proposed requirement for registration of financial service providers. go to submission

3 March 2008
Delay of lab tests may be deliberate
South Island District Health Boards are to decide the fate of controversial laboratory test funding proposals without being allowed to see an evaluation of trials conducted in Wellington last year. More

18 February 2008

Latest stats show big jump in Health Insurance coverage
The number of New Zealanders covered by health insurance jumped by 17,000 in 2007, to reach 1.387 million people. More