Consumer advocacy group Choice finds single parents face cost hikes of up to 70% when adding dependants while most two-parent families face no increase
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Health insurers are disadvantaging single parents already struggling with rising costs of living by charging them higher premiums to add children as dependents than other families.
A Choice analysis published on Thursday revealed single parents often face increases of up to 70% when switching to a family policy to add children as dependants, when most two-parent families don’t face any increase in premium.
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