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        • Refund for unused private health policy | Commonwealth Ombudsman Refund for unused private health policy. Geraldine purchased a year of Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) from Allianz, underwritten by Peoplecare, ahead of her studies in Australia from March 2020 to ... However, her flight to Australia was cancelled https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/about/case-studies/refund-for-unused-private-health-policy - Cached - 16 Jan 2025
        • 1 Quarterly Bulletin 93: 1 October–31 December 2019 Executive ... PDF (1152k) For example, if a student visa. expires, they are no longer eligible to hold OSHC. ... insurers offer OSHC. Our Office advises insurers to check their processes to ensure students are being. https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0022/110677/PHI-Quarterly-Bulletin-93.pdf - Cached - 6 May 2020
        • Case studies | Commonwealth Ombudsman The case studies below are real life examples of the type of complaints we receive and the actions we've taken to help resolve the complaint. Case studies. These case studies are deidentified or include false names to protect the privacy of https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/about/case-studies - Cached - 16 Jan 2025
        • © Commonwealth Ombudsman | 1300 362 072 | ombudsman.gov.au ... PDF (579k) visa to hold a form of insurance called Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC). ... Most students have no access to Medicare, so OSHC provides insurance in case they require medical treatment. https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0028/84295/PHIO-QB86.pdf - Cached - 22 May 2018
        • 1 Quarterly Bulletin 91: 1 April–30 June 2019 Complaint ... PDF (1045k) This table excludes complaints regarding OVHC and OSHC insurers, and other bodies. https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0018/103446/PHI-QB-91.pdf - Cached - 23 Sep 2019
        • Private Health Insurance Quarterly update PDF (942k) The minimum requirements of an OSHC policy are set out in the OSHC Deed. ... The Department of Health has recently published two documents which help to explain how OSHC works. https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/111115/PHI-QB-94.pdf - Cached - 17 May 2020
        • © Commonwealth Ombudsman | 1800 640 695 | www.phio.gov.au ... PDF (473k) Issues in this bulletin - Complaint Statistics - OVHC and OSHC complaints - Clearance Certificates and LHC - Top 5 Complaint Sub-issues. ... Rate Increase: In the past year a number of OVHC and OSHC providers imposed very high premium increases. https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0019/37126/PHI_QB77_Dec2015.pdf - Cached - 11 Feb 2016
        • PHIO QB 97 PDF (376k) [Enter subject] https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0039/289776/PHIO-QU-July-Sep-2022.pdf - Cached - 6 Dec 2022
        • © Commonwealth Ombudsman | 1300 362 072 | www.ombudsman.gov.au ... PDF (500k) International students are required as a condition of their student visa to maintain OSHC from the day they arrive in Australia and as long as they stay in Australia on a ... If you think your education provider has not arranged your OSHC as agreed, talk https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0012/40161/PHI_QB78_Mar2016.pdf - Cached - 5 May 2016
        • 1 Quarterly Update: 1 April to 30 June 2022 ... PDF (360k) Case Study – refund delays. Geraldine purchased a year of OSHC from Allianz in December 2019, ahead of her studies in Australia from March 2020 to March 2021. ... Service complaints across the industry (not including complaints against OVHC/OSHC https://www.ombudsman.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0026/287144/PHIO-QU-Apr-Jun-2022-and-Annual-Summary-v2.pdf - Cached - 5 Oct 2022
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