Under Australian Private Health Insurance legislation, health fund benefits may not be paid on treatments that are provided outside of Australia.
For this reason, we strongly recommend that you take out Travel Insurance if planning to travel overseas, as it protects you from a range of unexpected expenses that are not covered by your Private Health Insurance product.
Members are still eligible to remain with the Fund when moving overseas, and are still eligible to receive benefits for treatments received in Australia when home on holidays etc. Benefits would not be payable for treatments provided in overseas countries however.
Members of the Fund who are moving overseas for more than 6 months may instead wish to request ACA Health suspend their membership.
For more information regarding suspending your membership while overseas, please contact us