Several Australian visa types require visitors to take out overseas visitor health cover (OVHC). Bupa offers several OVHC types and all options are 100% compliant with Australian 485 and 482 visas.
Bupa is good if:
Bupa is not great if:
Review by our insurance and innovations editor Gary Ross Hunter
Bupa offers six OVHC plans:
| Essential Lite | Essential | Essential 50 | Mid 60 | Premium | Premium 90 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly starting cost | $22.39 | $25.96 | $31.81 | $42.68 | $61.99 | $91.09 |
| Hospital cover | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | Top | Top |
| Amount of costs covered | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium | High | High |
Unlike many other insurers, Bupa offers several extras insurance options, including:
Bupa will pay 100% of the cost of emergency ambulance transport across Australia. Ambulance services aren't generally free in Australia.
We looked at the 2021 Ombudsman health insurance complaints. Here's how Bupa stacked up:
This chart shows the weighted volume of complaints received by each health fund, according to the Commonwealth Ombudsman. The lower the number, the better. Only non-restricted funds with a national market share of at least 0.1% are included here. Bupa is eleventh overall in this ranking. The weighting ensures that funds are compared fairly; larger funds serve more customers so can potentially get more complaints.
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