{"id":8766,"date":"2016-03-22T10:51:18","date_gmt":"2016-03-22T03:51:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/private-health-insurance-providers-named-over-junk-policies\/"},"modified":"2016-03-22T12:21:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-22T05:21:35","slug":"private-health-insurance-providers-named-over-junk-policies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/private-health-insurance-providers-named-over-junk-policies\/","title":{"rendered":"Private health insurance providers named over &#039;junk&#039; policies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nChoice says Medibank, HCF and NIB among those offering products it says are a waste of moneySome of Australia\u2019s biggest private health insurance providers have been named and shamed by the consumer advocacy group Choice for offering useless \u201cjunk\u201d products.Medibank, HCF and NIB were among those named by Choice on Tuesday for offering policies it said were a waste of money, with little benefit above what is provided through Medicare. Continue reading&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : theguardian.com&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2016\/mar\/22\/private-health-insurance-providers-named-over-junk-policies\" target=\"_blank\">Private health insurance providers named over &#8216;junk&#8217; policies<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; Choice says Medibank, HCF and NIB among those offering products it says are a waste&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8766","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-2ho","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":33152,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/shunt-these-useless-train-ticket-insurance-policies-into-the-sidings\/","url_meta":{"origin":8766,"position":0},"title":"Shunt these useless train ticket insurance policies into the sidings","date":"November 5, 2016","format":false,"excerpt":"\r What\u2019s the point of Trainline\u2019s \u2018cancellation protection\u2019 if it doesn\u2019t even cover a cancellation?There are certain buttons on the internet that no one ever clicks. 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