Health Insurance
I am turning 31 this year and am looking for a good private health insurance provider. My mother was diagnosed with and died of breast cancer at roughly the age I am now, so naturally breast cancer i...
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Hi Victoria
I'm also with Bupa (HBA) and have been paying premiums for over 45 years. Because of the public hospital's commitment to having Multi Discipline Teams I elected to be treated as a private patient in the public system after watching two girl friends who were being treated for bowel cancer fall through every crack possible in the private system.
I could choose my own Oncologist, Breast Surgeon, Plastic Surgeon etc. as long as they have an affiliation with the hospital, but no out of pocket expenses for me. The hospital just gets me to sign Bupa forms and they claim direct.
Most doctors involved in the treatment of breast cancer have both private and public patients, the Oncologist and Breast Surgeon were the ones my GP would have referred me to.
Think about going this way if finance is a problem.
With love
Joy K