Overseas Visitors Health Cover
When you’re planning a trip to Australia, your check-list might consist of sunscreen, flip-flops, and summer clothes, but have you considered an Overseas Visitor Health Cover?
Health Insurance Industry
How to submit your health insurance claims and how they get processed
If you’re new to private health insurance or have never submitted a health insurance claim, the process can seem confusing.
Not to worry, insurers have given you several quick and easy ways to claim on your extras health insurance
Private health insurance changes 2019
As of April last year (2019), Australian private health insurance underwent various policy reforms. The main reason behind these changes was to make private health insurance less confusing and encourage people to take up health cover.
Medicare Levy and Medicare Levy Surcharge: What’s the Difference?
The Medicare Levy and the Medicare Levy Surcharge can be a source of confusion as they are two very similarly-sounding taxes. However, they are completely different levies.
How to Beat the Premium Hike
No one is happy about this coming April’s premium rise.
Customers do not want to spend more on health insurance premiums, private health insurance funds do not want to lose members, and the public health system cannot add further stress to its over-crowded lobbies.
How to Save Money on your Private Healthcare Cover
How to Save Money on your Private Health Cover With April 2020 looming around the corner and private health insurance premiums set to rise by an average of 2.92%, health experts cannot place enough stress on the importance of regularly reviewing your health cover. Everyone has different needs and of the 37 health funds in …
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What is the Private Health Insurance Rebate?
What is the Private Health Insurance Rebate? Introduction Would you like to save money on your health insurance premiums? If so, you can receive up to 33% back on what you spent throughout the year on your health coverage through the Australian Government Private Health Insurance Rebate. What is the Private Health Insurance Rebate? The …
The Difference between Inpatient and Outpatient Services
The Difference Between Outpatient and Inpatient Services And what you can claim on your Private Health Insurance So you’ve fallen ill or busted your knee. You get to the hospital and find that your health fund only covers you as an inpatient for services covered on your policy. So what exactly does this mean? This …
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Medical Specialists and their fields
Medical Specialists and their fields If you look at your health insurance policy, you might have noticed a couple of treatments that you may not be familiar with. If you’ve never needed specialised shoes, for example, chances are you wouldn’t readily know the purpose of orthotics or what a podiatrist treats. It is advisable to …
Health Insurance Clinical Categories 2019
New Health Insurance clinical categories 2019 Part of the Private Health Insurance reforms that rolled out this April included the new standardised Clinical Category. Before this reform, health funds termed medical conditions differently across private health. This made an already complex subject even harder to understand. To help Australians understand what their policy covers and …