Health Funds says research data wrong

The Health Funds Association says recent research from Roy Morgan has "false findings" on health insurance coverage.

HFANZ chief executive Roger Styles said the research had a number of factual errors which went way beyond the margin for error claimed.

“The biggest error was overstating the drop-off in coverage over recent years, with the survey asserting just 25% of New Zealanders are covered by health insurance, when it is actually 30%.

“But there are other serious flaws in the research assertions relating to premiums, market shares and in the speculation over the cause of the decline in coverage,” Styles said.