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EXPLAINED: Record private health sign up to beat wait | Rare Historical Photos

Almost 14.12 million Australians now have some level of private health insurance. (AAP)

Australians are signing up to private health insurance in record numbers to avoid hospital waiting lists.

Six consecutive quarters of membership growth has resulted in almost 55 per cent of the population - 14.12 million people - having some level of private cover.

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