How Labor’s Cut to the Aged Care Rebate Will Work and What the Response Has Been

Before those aged 65-69 currently receive a 28 percent rebate, while those aged 70 and over receive 32 percent.

An elderly man in Brisbane, Australia on April 27, 2016. AAP Image/Glenn Hunt

The Health Minister Mark Butler’s pledge to cut the higher private health insurance rebate for older Australians over 65 in a bid to raise funds to drive its aged care initiative.

The policy will cut the Howard-era government’s rebate by about four to eight percent.