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Blog No. 157 – Putting Broomsticks Up Some Backsides, Part 3: 25 January 2025

I knew the health insurers were engaged in a criminal scam and I was certain the Ombudsman was actively helping them.  HCF thought it could make me go away by paying $8,623.00, but I was not for sale.  

On 11 April 2022, I sent personal letters to every Director of HCF, Teachers’ Health and NIB.  I pointed out their personal liability for the crimes committed by their companies.

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Margaret and me on the 13th of August, 2016. We were in the city of Victoria, Vancouver Island,

British Columbia, Canada.

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Margaret on the 5th of September 2016 in Alaska.

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The following Table summarises my correspondence with HCF Director and Board Chairman

Mark G Johnson in April 2022.

Communication Details

Length of Correspondence

How Sent

Date of Response 

Length of Response

What Did Response Say?

“Relevant Legal Obligations that Bind All Private Health Insurers”

4 pages

Sent by email to mjohnson@hcf.com.au at 3:03 pm on 11 April 2022

No response

Zero length

No response from Mark G Johnson

* “Relevant Legal Obligations that Bind All Private Health Insurers”

4 pages

Sent by email to mjohnson@hcf.com.au at 3:03 pm on 11 April 2022

No response

Zero length

No response from Mark G Johnson

Letter dated 11 April 2022

12 pages

Sent by email to mjohnson@hcf.com.au at 11:30 am on 12 April 2022

No response

Zero length

No response from Mark G Johnson

Letter dated 11 April 2022

12 pages

Sent by Express Post tracking number 02 01006 90494 20060 50992 on 13 April 2022 to The Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia Limited, GPO Box 4242 Sydney New South Wales 2001

No response

Zero length

No response from Mark G Johnson

“Relevant Legal Obligations that Bind All Private Health Insurers”

4 pages

Sent by Express Post tracking number 02 01006 90494 20060 50992 on 13 April 2022 to The Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia Limited, GPO Box 4242 Sydney New South Wales 2001

No response

Zero length

No response from Mark G Johnson

* The same document was accidentally sent twice on 11 April 2022 instead of the letter plus document.

Because he was Chairman of the HCF Board, I intended to send the first letter to Mark Johnson.  I mistakenly attached an additional copy of my document “Relevant Legal Obligations that Bind All Private Health Insurers” instead of the letter.  My letter to Mark Johnson was sent at 3:03 pm on the 11th of April, 2022.  I sent the letter to Mark Johnson at 11:30 am on the 12th of April, 2022.

I think there were probably two reasons why my email to Mark Johnson did not trigger an automatic “Access denied” response from HCF.  Although the Mark Johnson letter was the first one that I intended to send, I inadvertently did not send the letter to the Mark Johnson email.  Nevertheless, the email to Mark Johnson may well have triggered a warning to HCF executives through the HCF computers.  I believe this warning was installed to immediately alert HCF about any emails from my email address.

Apart from Mark Johnson, the only HCF Director whose email was allowed through the system was the one addressed to HCF Chief Executive Sheena Jack.

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This Table summarises my correspondence with HCF Managing Director/ Chief Executive Sheena Jack in April 2022.  Sheena clearly knew what her company had been doing, but pretended not to.

Communication Details

Length of Correspondence

How Sent

Date of Response 

Length of Response

What Did Response Say?

Letter dated 11 April 2022

12 pages

Sent by email to SJack@hcf.com.au at 3:11 pm on 11 April 2022

Email received at 5:05 pm on 11 April 2022

6 lines

“my sincere apologies”; “I will commence an investigation immediately”

“Relevant Legal Obligations that Bind All Private Health Insurers”

4 pages

Sent by email to SJack@hcf.com.au at 3:11 am on 11 April 2022

Email received at 5:05 pm 11 April 2022

6 lines

“my sincere apologies”; “I will commence an investigation immediately”

Letters dated 11 April addressed to Terry Agnew, John Barrington, Michael Bassingthwaighte, Catherine M Hallinan, Claire L Jackson, Lisa McIntyre and Christopher Wright

1 page email plus 7 copies of letters: 12 pages x 7 = 84 pages of letters

Total: 85 pages

Sent by email to SJack@hcf.com.au at 5:08 am on 11 April 2022

Email received at 6:31 pm on 11 April 2022

3 lines

“I confirm I will provide copies to all Directors”

Individual copies of “Relevant Legal Obligations that Bind All Private Health Insurers” for Terry Agnew, John Barrington, Michael Bassingthwaighte, Catherine M Hallinan, Claire L Jackson, Lisa McIntyre and Christopher Wright

4 pages x 7 = 28 pages


Total: 28 pages

Sent by email to SJack@hcf.com.au at 5:08 am on 11 April 2022

Email received at 6:31 pm 11 April 2022

3 lines

“I confirm I will provide copies to all Directors”

Letter dated 11 April 2022

12 pages

Sent by Express Post tracking number 02 01006 90493 70060 5098 on 13 April 2022 to The Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia Limited, GPO Box 4242 Sydney New South Wales 2001

Letter received by email at 11:37 am on 3 May 2022

2 pages

First ever “explanation” of claimed legal justification for refusal to pay Lift treatment claims

“Relevant Legal Obligations that Bind All Private Health Insurers”

4 pages

Sent by Express Post tracking number 02 01006 90493 70060 5098 on 13 April 2022 to The Hospitals Contribution Fund of Australia Limited, GPO Box 4242 Sydney New South Wales 2001

No response

Zero length

No response to this document

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The email to HCF Managing Director and Chief Executive Sheena Jack was sent at 3:11 pm.  I sent the first email to Chairman Mark Johnson and all other emails went in alphabetical order of the surnames of Directors.  Jack was fifth in alphabetical order.  This is a summary of the times that the emails and other documents were sent and the response of HCF to my attempts to contact the Directors.

Director

Time Email Was Sent

Treatment by HCF System

Mark G Johnson (letter accidentally omitted)

3:03 pm

Presumably delivered

Terry Agnew

3:06 pm 

Access denied at 3:07 pm

John M Barrington

3:07 pm

Access denied at 3:08 pm

Michael J Bassingthwaighte

3:09 pm

Access denied at 3:09 pm

Catherine H Hallinan

3:10 pm

Access denied at 3:11 pm

Sheena Jack

3:11 pm

Definitely delivered

Claire L Jackson

3:12 pm

Access denied at 3:14 pm

Lisa M McIntyre

3:14 pm

Access denied at 3:15 pm

Christopher E Wright

3:15 pm

Access denied at 3:16 pm

The Sheena Jack email was in sixth place in the sending order and it was definitely delivered.  The 11 April email to Mark Johnson (which mistakenly did not have the letter attached), was also apparently delivered to him.  The 12th of April email, which did have the letter attached, was also apparently delivered.

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The emails with the attached letters to the Directors produced a result that none of my letters to the HCF official hierarchy had ever produced.

I was getting closer. 


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