Greedy surgeons and prosthesis rorts: Private health must reform or die, report says A scathing new report has called for changes to the private health industry. Source: Getty Exorbitant prosthesis prices, rising premiums and greedy surgeons are all to blame for the private health system’s “death spiral”, according to a new report from the Grattan Institute. The report says Australia’s multi-billion-dollar private health industry urgently needs a rescue plan if it is to survive and calls on the Federal Government to action immediate steps to stop surgeons over-charging patients and ensure private hospitals aren’t keeping patients longer than they need to.