The Medicare Levy Surcharge is levied on taxpayers above certain income thresholds who do not hold appropriate hospital insurance. These thresholds remained unchanged until amended by the 'Tax Laws Amendment (Medicare Levy Surcharge Thresholds) Act (No. 2) 2008'. The Act requires an independent review of the operation of the Act for three consecutive years. This report is the first of three reports to be presented providing the outcome of the review
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"June 2010"
"This report has been prepared at the request of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing in accordance with the terms of KPMG's engagement contract dated 25 June 2009"--Disclaimer