Q. The Government proposes to phase out the 30 per cent rebate on private health insurance for singles on incomes over $75,000 and couples on $150,000-plus. Do you support or oppose means testing the heath insurance rebate for people on higher incomes?
| Total
% |
Voter ID | Weekly income | ||||||
| Labor | Coalition | Green | < $600
per week |
$600 – $1000 per week | $1000 – $1600 per week | $1600 +
per week |
||
| Total support | 51% | 66% | 39% | 57% | 63% | 60% | 53% | 41% |
| Total oppose | 34% | 20% | 50% | 32% | 24% | 25% | 28% | 50% |
| Strongly support | 23% | 33% | 14% | 28% | 36% | 25% | 24% | 14% |
| Support | 28% | 33% | 25% | 29% | 27% | 35% | 29% | 27% |
| Oppose | 17% | 11% | 23% | 20% | 16% | 13% | 15% | 19% |
| Strongly oppose | 17% | 9% | 27% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 13% | 31% |
| Don’t know | 15% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 14% | 15% | 19% | 10% |
When it comes to the Government’s proposed plan to phase out the 30 per cent rebate on private health insurance for singles on incomes over $75 000 and couples on $150,000 plus, just over half (51%) support means testing the health insurance rebate for people on higher incomes. 34% oppose means testing for people on higher incomes and 15% don’t know.
Labor voters were more likely to support means testing the health insurance rebate for people on higher incomes (66%), while Coalition voters were more likely to oppose it (50%).
Support for a means test decreased as weekly income increased – people earning less than $600 per week were more likely to support means testing the health insurance rebate for people on higher incomes (63%), while those earning $1600 per were more likely to oppose (50%).
People not working were more likely to support the means test (57%), while those in full-time work were more likely to oppose (37%).