210 health insurance policies cancelled per day

Almost 210 private health insurance policies are being cancelled every day.

It is primarily younger, healthier people who are discontinuing their policies. Last year, the daily cancellation average was 175 policies.

Latest quarterly figures, for April to June, show 19,000 health insurance policies had been cancelled. Overall, about 64,000 individuals or families gave up their private insurance over the previous 12 months.