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2025 Overseas Student Health Cover and Working Visa Health Cover Star Ratings and Awards
Canstar's 2025 Overseas Student Health Cover and Working Visa Health Cover Star Ratings and Awards
Canstar releases its
2025 Overseas Student and Working Visa Health Cover Star Ratings and Awards.
Released: 27 March, 2025
About the OSHC and Working Visa Health Cover Awards
Canstar’s Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC) and Working Visa Health Cover Awards are derived from their respective Star Ratings results and recognise the providers that offer outstanding value to customers across the range of household structures considered in both categories — single, couple and family.
Learn more about our Award process in the methodology.
Numbers crunched by Canstar researchers
Overseas Student Health Cover (OSHC)
- 6 providers assessed
- 6 products rated
Working Visa Health Cover
- 11 providers assessed
- 45 products rated
- 4 award-winning providers
Read our methodology →
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About: Josh Sale, Group Manager, Research & Ratings
Bachelor of Commerce, Economics/Finance dual major, Griffith University. Master of Data Science, Strategy and Leadership, RMIT (ongoing studies)
Joshua Sale is responsible for developing the methodology and delivering Canstar’s flagship Star Ratings, as part of Canstar’s Research team. With tertiary qualifications in economics and finance, he enjoys helping Australians find more suitable financial products by transforming complex calculations into a consumer-friendly Star Rating that explains the values and benefits of different financial products.
As one of Canstar’s company spokespeople, Joshua has participated in print, radio and broadcast interviews with the likes of the Australian Financial Review, news.com.au and Money magazine, along with other leading media outlets, discussing topics such as home loan equity, banking incentive schemes, digital wallets and wider finance trends.
Joshua is known for his ability to simplify complex products and technical information, crunching the data into meaningful insights for consumers about finance. He has analysed several consumer markets across banking, insurance and wealth, and is keenly interested in various topics, ranging from how Australians interact with their superannuation funds, to the dynamic nature of the health insurance market, and collecting and redeeming credit card reward points.
Joshua believes that knowledge is the first step towards empowerment. Even while studying, he facilitated peer-assisted study sessions for economics, and represented his University’s Business School in an academic committee.
You can follow Josh on LinkedIn, and Canstar on Twitter and Facebook.