Morning Mail: Health insurance in crisis – a special investigation, chaotic Trump transition going "so smoothly", NSW passes controversial Icac overhaul

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Guardian Australia's Morning Mail Thursday 17 November 2016 g Boris Johnson ridiculed by EU ministers Good morning, and welcome to the Morning Mail. Sign up here for our Guardian Today email, sent every day at noon, and you can sign up to our new Guardian Australia sport email here. Among the most read stories on our website this morning is Boris Johnson being ridiculed by European ministers for "saying things that are intellectually impossible, politically unavailable" after he told Italy it would have to offer tariff-free trade in order to sell its prosecco in the UK. "You can't say that it's sensible to say we want access to the single market but no free circulation of people. It's obvious that doesn't make any sense whatsoever." Keep reading for the rest of the top stories this morning, including the launch of our special investigation on the private health insurance system, with more news from around Australia and the world.

Headlines Market failure: private health insurance only worth it for 'the pregnant, the rich and the sick' Private health insurance system in urgent need of reform as analysts say it is 'virtually impossible' for the average person to compare policies My patient had private health insurance for peace of mind. Then he got cancer There should be room for choice and competition in healthcare in Australia. But it's worth asking whether the system we've got is value for money Should you get private health insurance? Try our interactive calculator This calculator will show you if you should get private health insurance for tax reasons, and the total amount it would cost you over your lifetime George Christensen's ban on 457 visas would hit own electorate hard, analysis shows GPs, medical officers and registered nurses among most common type of 457 positions in central and north Queensland Trump: transition is going 'so smoothly' despite reports of disorder – politics live The president-elect is contradicting reports that his transition team is in disarray – follow for updates in lead-up to Trump in the White House Australian news and politics Icac overhaul passes New South Wales parliament despite scathing criticism Commissioner Megan Latham will now be forced to reapply for a role at the corruption-fighting agency Voluntary euthanasia laws fail to pass South Australian parliament by one vote Latest bill defeated in parliament's lower house on the casting vote of speaker after MPs deadlocked at 23-23 Banks brace for protest votes over executive pay after shareholders reject CBA plans ANZ to face scrutiny over payout package to former CEO Mike Smith, the sector's highest-paid figure over the past decade Coalition crackdown on private education to penalise colleges with less than 75% pass rates Criteria could cut eligibility for more than 60 colleges whose students are approved under existing system for access to loans Indigenous disadvantage getting worse in mental health and incarceration Despite efforts to close the gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people, Productivity Commission says some areas are getting worse Western Australian Indigenous ranger program proposed for 5m hectares Consortium of groups propose new swath of national parks be designated and put into the care of native title holders Native title holders propose parks expansion to create hundreds of Indigenous jobs – video Under a new proposal 5m hectares of former pastoral land could be converted into national parks and Indigenous rangers could manage and maintain their tourism infrastructure Around the world Donald Trump renews war with media as transition chaos continues Trump takes US presidency into unchartered waters with series of tweets attacking the New York Times, hours after ducking reporters to visit restaurant Russia withdraws signature from international criminal court statute Tribunal has failed to live up to hopes of international community, Moscow says day after court report on Russian annexation of Crimea Obama and Merkel call for continued transatlantic cooperation US president and German chancellor write joint article stressing importance of partnership on issues such as climate change and terrorism Indian tycoon hosts £59m wedding for daughter amid cash crunch Extravagant wedding of Gali Janardhan Reddy's daughter criticised at a time when many Indians have been hit by cash crisis In one week, 240 feared drowned in Med UN reports four accidents, including 130 refugees missing from one boat, bringing this year's Mediterranean death toll to 4,500

One last thing Bursting the Facebook bubble: we asked voters on the left and right to swap feeds Social media has made it easy to live in filter bubbles, sheltered from opposing viewpoints. So what happens when liberals and conservatives trade realities? To test the effects of political polarization on Facebook, we asked 10 US voters – five conservative and five liberal – to agree to take a scroll on the other side during the final month of the campaign. Here's how it went. Have an excellent day and if you spot something I've missed, let me know on Twitter at @earleyedition.

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