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What are health insurance waiting periods?

When you take out health insurance for the first time, or when you upgrade your existing level of health insurance cover, you may not be able to claim for every service straight away. You may need to serve waiting periods before you can claim for some treatments Depending on your policy and the type of service you want to claim, the waiting period can be relatively short, or up to a year or more.

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calendar 05 Nov 2024
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