Mr Stephens: Ribbon Extras and Health Insurance

mr stephens: It was time for Medibank to come good with its Gold Top Hospital and Blue Ribbon Extras' cover, which was now costing him 570 a month, according to Nine News Australia. The reason you have private health insurance is for when something seriously goes wrong - if you have a terrible accident or you get really, really sick then you are going to need it, Mr Stephens, from Perth, told nine.au. To improve your experience update it here News National Terminal brain cancer patient shares painful health insurance lesson, as more Aussies ditch cover By Emily McPherson1 33pm May 28, doctors discovered a tumour bigger than a golf ball in the middle of Nick Stephens' head, he was thankful he had retained his private health cover despite paying hefty premiums for the last 30 years. I had been fit and healthy my whole life and, until then, I hardly ever used it. In his case, there was a clear winner hands down, he said. Two-and-a-half years on, Mr Stephens knows far more than he would like to about the ins-and-outs of the public and private healthcare systems having had brain surgery in both. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.