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HBF Health Insurance Review

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About HBF health insurance

HBF (Hospital Benefit Fund) has been in operation for more than 80 years and is best known as being a not-for-profit provider of private health insurance in Australia. It acquired health insurance provider GMF in 2015. It has also signed a partnership with Great Southern Bank to offer its customers health insurance under the brand see-u by HBF.


What health insurance products does HBF offer?

HBF’s health insurance policies are designed to suit a variety of different life stages, including singles, couples, families and single parents. At the time of writing, HBF provides the following hospital, extras and combined hospital and extras products:

  • HBF hospital cover options: Consumers can choose from Basic Hospital Plus, Basic Hospital Plus Elevate, Bronze Hospital Plus, Silver Hospital, Silver Hospital Plus and Gold Hospital Elevate policies.
  • HBF extras cover options: Consumers can choose from Basic Extras, Flex 50, Flex 60, Complete 60 and Top 70 extras policies.
  • HBF combined cover options: Consumers can choose to combine their choice of hospital cover with an extras policy.
  • HBF ambulance cover: Ambulance cover is offered as part of all HBF hospital policies (not available to residents of Tasmania or Queensland, who receive taxpayer-funded ambulance transport from their respective state governments).

Can I get dental cover with HBF?

All of HBF’s extras policies include some form of coverage for general dental (restorative and preventative procedures), and extras policies besides the Basic Extras cover include major dental and implants. Additionally, all of HBF’s hospital policies include some form of coverage for dental surgery.


Does HBF’s health insurance cover physiotherapy?

All of HBF’s extras policies include cover for physiotherapy. The amount of cover that a policy provides and the limits that apply to it will depend on the policy you choose.


Does HBF offer family policies that cover adult children?

At the time of writing HBF allows dependents to stay on the family policy until the age of 21, as long as they are not married or living in a de-facto relationship. Dependents can stay on until the age of 25 as long as they are full-time students and earning a taxable income of less than $24,500 per year.


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About our health insurance experts


Joshua Malin, Finance Writer

Joshua Malin

Josh Malin is a Finance Writer with the Canstar editorial team. Josh started his career in print media, featured in The Advertiser, The Sunday Mail and SA Weekend Magazine. Now, he works with Canstar to cover everything from utilities and streaming services to insurance and personal finance. Before joining Canstar, Josh worked in  the comparison industry where he wrote about health and life insurance. Josh has a Bachelor of Communications, majoring in Professional Writing from Flinders University.

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Jessica Pridmore, Finance Editor

Jessica Pridmore

Jessica Pridmore is Canstar’s Finance Editor. With more than 12 years media industry experience, Jessica has worked across a range of fintech, travel and lifestyle publications in Australia and the UK. Her work has appeared in publications including Grazia UK, Time Out, WIRED, Great Barrier Reef FoundationRefinery29SuncorpUrban List and Tourism & Events Queensland. Before joining Canstar, Jessica was a Senior Communications Associate at Australian insurer Suncorp Group, covering topics from assisted relocation reform to ASX Full Year Results. Prior to this Jessica was Editor at independent media brand Urban List. She holds a Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Advertising and Creative Writing from London’s Middlesex University. Away from the desk, Jessica loves outdoor adventures with her two-year old daughter, beach walks with her dogs, and finding the best ramen and dumplings in the city. You can connect with her on LinkedIn.

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