Waiting periods for overseas visitors.

Waiting periods are the time you need to be a member of a health fund before you can claim a benefit. They’re there to protect the fund and its existing members from people who simply join a fund to make a big claim, only to cancel their membership afterwards.

The waiting periods for Overseas Visitors Cover are: 

Hospital and medical waiting periods.

• 2 months: Psychiatric, rehabilitation and palliative care, regardless of whether or not the condition is pre-existing. 
• 12 months: All obstetric related services, and all treatment relating to a pre-existing ailment or condition.

Ancillary waiting periods:

Ambulance					2 months
Auxiliary Home Nursing					2 months
Asthmatic Spacers					2 months
Chiropractic					2 months
Complementary Therapies					2 months
Dental - General Unlimited					2 months
Diabetes Education					2 months
Dietetics					2 months
Healthy Lifestyle					2 months
Occupational Therapy					2 months
Optical					2 months
Orthoptics (Eye Therapy)					2 months
Osteopathy					2 months
Peak-flow Meter					2 months
Pharmacy Drugs					2 months
Physiotherapy					2 months
Podiatry Visits					2 months
Speech Therapy					2 months
Dental - General Limited*					Up to 12 months
Blood Glucose/Pressure Monitor					12 months
Dental - Major					12 months
Nebuliser/Humidifier					12 months
Orthotic Appliances					12 months
Podiatry Surgery					12 months
Psychological Consultations					12 months
Assisted Reproduction Drugs					12 months
Hearing Aids					12 months