澳大利亚的健康保险商同意支付近两倍的医院费用,避免征收新的税。 Health insurers in Australia agree to pay nearly double in hospital fees, avoiding new taxes.

澳大利亚最大的私营医疗保险公司已同意从1月1日起多支付1.4亿美元的医院费用,他们向新南威尔士州公布的每天892美元的单间费率支付的费用几乎翻了一番。 Australia's largest private health insurers have agreed to pay $140 million more in hospital fees starting January 1, nearly doubling their payments to the NSW gazetted single-room rate of $892 per day. 这项协议是在与新南威尔士州政府谈判数月之后达成的,避免了对保险人征收新税的需要。 This agreement follows months of negotiations with the NSW government and avoids the need for new taxes on insurers. 以前,保险人选择较低的联邦共享床率,给纳税人造成了损失。 Previously, insurers opted for a lower federal shared-bed rate, causing a loss for taxpayers.