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Healthscope downfall blamed on ‘terrible business decisions' by Brookfield Corporation

Private Healthcare Australia CEO Rachel David discusses the time when Healthscope launched an advertising campaign targeting private health insurers claiming they weren't paying their fair share to private hospitals. 'There is no amount of money that health funds or the government could've thrown at Healthscope at that point which would've made up for the terrible business decisions made by Brookfield,' Ms David said. 'The advertising campaign was a misstep, but now that we're in a situation where new owners can take over, I think myself and the private health insurance industry is incredibly optimistic that the private hospital sector will come through this.'