50‑1 What this Chapter is about50‑1 What this Chapter is about

50‑1 What this Chapter is about Broadly, health insurance that is made available to the public must meet the requirements in this Chapter. This means that: (a) the insurance must be community‑rated (that is, made available in a way that does not discriminate between people) (see Part 3‑2); and (b) the insurance must be in the form of a complying health insurance product (see Part 3‑3); and (c) the private health insurers who make the products available must meet certain obligations to people insured or seeking to be insured under the products (see Part 3‑4).