Why choose Medibank?
Medibank is one of Australia’s leading private health insurers with over 40 years of experience, delivering health solutions to more than 3.7 million health insurance members.
Medibank’s Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) is 100% Student Visa compliant and will help pay towards a range of in-hospital and out-of-hospital medical services (e.g. doctor visits) whilst studying in Australia*. It also offers unlimited emergency ambulance services**.
Medibank is passionate about providing international students with:
Instant delivery of their OSHC Policy Certificate upon successful payment through an IDP counsellor
24/7 Student Health and Support Line for medical assistance from a registered nurse by phone
Specialised multilingual customer service team fluent in 14 languages to assist with health cover queries
A large network of Direct Billing doctors and health professionals who Medibank have an arrangement with
Health and wellbeing programs
For policy details please refer to the Medibank Essentials OSHC Cover Summary.
* Waiting periods and exclusions apply.
**For ambulance attendance or transportation to a hospital where immediate medical attention is required, and your condition is such that you couldn’t be transported any other way.
Medibank Essentials OSHC
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- Access to a 24/7 Student Health and Support Line for phone services including medical assistance from a registered nurse, counselling services, emergency legal advice, travel document assistance, and interpreter services
- Access to over 1,000 providers (doctors and health professionals) at over 300 Direct Billing Clinic locations around Australia
- Manage health cover and access health support 24/7 with the Medibank OSHC app. App available in English and simplified Chinese
- Access to the network of Member’s Choice hospitals
- Dedicated multilingual OSHC customer service team fluent in 14 languages including, Mandarin, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish, French) and access to interpreter services in over 160 languages
- Customer service available at over 90 retail stores across Australia
- OSHC Policy Certificate sent instantly upon successful payment through an IDP counsellor
- Enjoy member offers via Live Better