How do you arrange health insurance when you arrive
Jul 21st 2005, 5:26 pm
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How do you arrange health insurance when you arrive
Hi moving to Oz in mid August and having a holiday on route so I need to arrange holiday insurance but presume that will not be valid when we become residents in Oz. How do you register for health cover when you arrive as I presume this needs to be done asap.Is there any way you can register from the UK? Cheers everyone.
Jul 21st 2005, 7:29 pm
#2
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Re: How do you arrange health insurance when you arrive
I dont know if you can start anyting before you arrive but here is a few
sites to look at
http://www.australianunity.com.au/
http://www.medibankprivate.com.au/
http://www.mbf.com.au/
http://www.sgio.com.au/
http://www.hba.com.au/
http://www.hbf.com.au/
http://www.iselect.com.au/ to compare prices
Some insurers will insure for 30 day after you arrive, i will check which ones i have that info some where
sites to look at
http://www.australianunity.com.au/
http://www.medibankprivate.com.au/
http://www.mbf.com.au/
http://www.sgio.com.au/
http://www.hba.com.au/
http://www.hbf.com.au/
http://www.iselect.com.au/ to compare prices
Some insurers will insure for 30 day after you arrive, i will check which ones i have that info some where
Jul 21st 2005, 11:09 pm
#3
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Location: Brisvegas
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Re: How do you arrange health insurance when you arrive
why do you need it. as a resident are you not covered by medicare??
Originally Posted by JAWS
Hi moving to Oz in mid August and having a holiday on route so I need to arrange holiday insurance but presume that will not be valid when we become residents in Oz. How do you register for health cover when you arrive as I presume this needs to be done asap.Is there any way you can register from the UK? Cheers everyone.
Jul 22nd 2005, 6:53 am
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Re: How do you arrange health insurance when you arrive
Yes that is correct, you are covered, but if you do not buy some healthcare you will have to pay the medicare levy which is 1.5% of salary under/over a certain amount.
