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Dear Mr Hamdan,
Thank you for your enquiry dated 19 November 2008 regarding Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC).
The Department of Immigration and Citizenship (DIAC) requires overseas students to maintain Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) for the duration of the time they are in Australia. You will need to purchase OSHC before you come to Australia to cover you from when you arrive.
The private health insurers offering OSHC have entered into a deed with the Department of Health and Ageing (DOHA), which sets out the formal arrangements for the provision of OSHC. The average cost of OSHC is $340 for 12 months of single cover. The cost of OSHC family cover ranges between $630 and $740 for 12 months of cover.
Private health insurers offering OSHC are subject to regulatory requirements set out by the Private Health Insurance Administration Council (PHIAC). This is because the Australian Government wants to be able to monitor and regulate insurers covering people living temporarily in Australia. The Government is not able to protect the interests of people insured by overseas companies in the same way.
In this context, Medex is not considered to be an adequate arrangement for health insurance.
Four registered Australian health insurers currently offer OSHC. Any level of OSHC provided by the following insurers will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of your student visa regardless of its cost or the level of cover it provides:
Medibank Private,
Lysaght Peoplecare Limited, subcontracting to OSHC Worldcare,
BUPA OSHC, or
Australian Health Management.
The following link will take you to the Private Health website where you can find more general information about OSHC, which you may find useful:
http://privatehealth.gov.au/informat...asstudents.htm
I hope this information has been of assistance to you.
Kind regards