Labor will renew its fight to steer a controversial health insurance change through parliament as state governments and providers push back against the plan. More than three million Australians aged 65 and older will pay an average of about $250 more per year for private health insurance from April 2027 if a rebate is scrapped. The federal government plans to scrap a seniors' health insurance rebate for an income-based system. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)State governments and the coalition were "parroting" health insurance modelling instead of relying on the Treasury figures, Mr Butler said. "She literally scrims and saves so she can afford her private health insurance to help her deal with the cancer that she's suffering from."