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HBF Health Limited

Lite Bronze Hospital Plus $500/$1000 Excess & Ambulance Care

$240.95 / month

(Before Rebate, Discount & Loading)

Available in WA

You may be entitled to an Australian Government Rebate on the above premium. Your premium may also include a Lifetime Health Cover Loading or an insurer discount. Check with your insurer for details.

This policy covers: Two adults & dependants (3 or more people, only 2 of whom are adults).

Children (0 - 17), non-classified* dependant (18 - 20) and students (21 - 30), as well as persons with a disability who qualify as a child, non-classified* dependant and student in these age ranges. *Non-classified dependant: Non-classified Dependant A person who meets all of the following criteria: a. is aged 18 to 20 (inclusive); and b. does not have a partner (a person in a marital or de facto relationship with the Non-classified Dependant)

Policy ID: HBF/H24G/WBTLP2D

Source: Private Health Information Statement (PHIS)

Hospital Cover

  • This policy exempts you from the Medicare Levy Surcharge.
  • This policy provides accident cover - check with insurer for details.
  • This policy does not provide benefits for travel or accommodation outside of hospital.
Covered
Restricted Cover
Not Covered
This policy includes cover for
Blood
Bone, joint and muscle
Brain and nervous system
Breast surgery (medically necessary)
Chemotherapy, radiotherapy and immunotherapy for cancer
Dental surgery
Diabetes management (excluding insulin pumps)
Digestive system
Ear, nose and throat
Eye (not cataracts)
Gastrointestinal endoscopy
Gynaecology
Hernia and appendix
Hospital psychiatric services
Joint reconstructions
Kidney and bladder
Lung and chest
Male reproductive system
Miscarriage and termination of pregnancy
Pain management
Palliative care
Rehabilitation
Skin
Sleep studies
Tonsils, adenoids and grommets

This policy does not include cover for

Assisted reproductive services
Back, neck and spine
Cataracts
Dialysis for chronic kidney failure
Heart and vascular system
Implantation of hearing devices
Insulin pumps
Joint replacements
Pain management with device
Plastic and reconstructive surgery (medically necessary)
Podiatric surgery (provided by a registered podiatric surgeon)
Pregnancy and birth
Weight loss surgery

The benefits paid for hospital treatment will depend on the type of cover you purchase and whether your fund has an agreement in place with the hospital in which you are treated. See ‘Agreement Hospitals’ on privatehealth.gov.au for which hospitals have arrangements with your insurer – https://privatehealth.gov.au/dynamic/agreementhospitals.

Under this policy, you may have to pay out-of-pocket costs above what you get from Medicare or your private health insurer. Before you go to hospital, you should ask your doctors, hospital and health insurer about any out-of-pocket costs that may apply to you.

The following payments may also apply for hospital admissions

Excess: You will have to pay an excess of $500 per admission. This is limited to a maximum of $500 per person and $1000 per policy per year.

Excess payments do not apply to hospital admissions for dependants.

Co-payments: No co-payments

The following waiting periods for hospital admissions apply to new or upgrading members

Waiting periods:

  • 2 months for palliative care, rehabilitation and hospital psychiatric treatments, even if pre-existing
  • 12 months for other pre-existing conditions
  • 2 months for all other treatments

Gap Cover

This provider offers 'known gap' or 'no gap' cover for medical bills for this product. The Medical Costs Finder (https://www.health.gov.au/resources/apps-and-tools/medical-costs-finder) lets you find out more about the cost of specialist medical services.

Other features of this hospital cover

Lite Bronze Hospital Plus provides private room coverage (subject to availability) for agreed services at an HBF Member Plus Hospital and there is no excess payable for any dependant children on a family policy. Ambulance Care covers you for the times when you need non-urgent ambulance.

For further information about this policy see: https://www.hbf.com.au/

Ambulance cover

In WA this policy provides:

Emergency: Unlimited with a waiting period of 7 days.

Non-emergency: Unlimited transport with a waiting period of 30 days.

Call-out fees: Will be paid for each attendance, including emergency treatment without transport to hospital.

Other features of this ambulance cover: Emergency ambulance provides full cover for emergency treatment and urgent ambulance transport (by road) within Australia by a State Government ambulance provider or an HBF approved ambulance provider. Non-emergency ambulance services include transport from home to the hospital and transfers between hospitals. Services not covered include air ambulance services, transport between a public hospital to your home and transport not provided in an ambulance.

For further information about this policy see: http://www.hbf.com.au/health-insurance/ambulance-cover.html

Insurer Details

HBF Health Limited

Lite Bronze Hospital Plus $500/$1000 Excess & Ambulance Care

$240.95 / month

(Before Rebate, Discount & Loading)

Available in WA

Disclaimer: This document is not a Private Health Information Statement (PHIS), and it is not intended to replace that document. The details contained in the healthslips.com.au Policy Information was provided by the insurer to the Australian Government. It is intended as general information. It may not take into account your circumstances. For further information contact the insurer. Information used is Licensed from the Commonwealth of Australia under a Creative Commons 3.0 licence.Private Health Information Statement is available from the Private Health Insurance Ombudsman website at https://privatehealth.gov.au/dynamic/Premium/PHIS/HBF/H24G/WBTLP2D

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