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Health Insurance - Compare Australian Private Health with Star Ratings

Compare health insurance quotes and health benefits from Australian health care insurers. Private heath insurance provides cover for expenses incurred through illness of the insured. Health cover also can provide benefits in the form of 'extras', such as optical, prescription drugs, dental and other routine services.

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Types of Health Insurance

HOSPITAL COVER
Covers your costs as a private patient in hospital, including hospital accommodation, medical treatment and ambulance.

EXTRAS COVER
Non-hospital medical services that are not covered by Medicare, such as dental, optical, physiotherapy, other therapies and ambulance.

PACKAGES
A combination of cover for both hospital and extras in the one package. Many of these are not available as stand-alone products.

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Star Ratings

Star Ratings are a guide to help you if you are shopping for a new health insurance policy, or simply wish to find a health insurance provider that represents superior value for money. Only the top health insurers are given a Five Star rating.

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Star Ratings Library

Looking for a previous star ratings report? The Star Ratings Library lets you find the best rates, features, and star ratings from previous health insurance reports.

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About Star Ratings

CANNEX star ratings are a benchmark to help you compare financial products based on their rates and features.

Only the top 5% of products are awarded the prestigious five star status.

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Health Insurance Comparison A First For Australia

CANNEX National Five Star Health Insurers - Click to compare the best!

CANNEX has undertaken the most extensive research initiative ever into private health insurance in order to rate private health cover from five-star downwards. We looked at over 1,500 products across three different coverage sectors – hospital, extras and packages. The latter consists of hospital and extras rolled into one, as many of these products are not available as stand-alone products.

We drilled down further to differentiate the cover for six different profiles in each state and territory of Australia, making it easier for the consumer to compare apples with apples. Find out who our National and State Five Star health insurance funds are.

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Health Insurance Articles

Top 5 Tips to Better Health Insurance Cover
	Finding the right health insurance policy that fits your individual situation can be a laborious process which is, even at the best of times, confusing. Here are 5 tips to help you to find the hospital and extras cover that is just right for you. More ...
Free Health Insurance For Kids
	Free health insurance for kids might seem like one of those deals that are too good to be true but this is no hoax. Most private health insurance funds in Australia charge the same premiums for families with children as they do for couples without children which effectively means you can get free private health insurance for your kids. More ...

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Health Insurance Tips

Trim the fat
	"When shopping around for a health insurance policy, more inclusions generally translates to higher premiums. Therefore it is important to identify those inclusions that are not relevant for you." - Steven Mickenbecker, CANNEX Head of Research, Product and Strategy.
Seek expert advice
	"There is really no substitute for experience and expert advice is an important part of finding health cover that meets your needs. Check out the CANNEX Star Ratings, then talk to friends, family and even your doctor to determine which policy is best for you." - Garfield Wright, CANNEX Financial Analyst.