Queensland Country Health Fund prides itself on offering products with generous benefits. We review these benefits each year to ensure we maintain a very competitive and value for money product. We also want you to experience the genuine value we offer our Members thanks to our generous benefits that grow each year.
Below you'll find all of the details of our benefit changes which will take effect on 1 April 2025.
Extra’s benefit improvements
As a Member focused health fund, our priority is you. We are driven to design and deliver exceptional value products, whilst maintaining a simple and satisfying experience for our Members. To keep our commitment to you, we review our products and benefits annually to ensure we continue to help people living in our communities live better lives through better health.
We’ve listened to Member feedback and we are pleased to share the following improvements from 1 April 2025:
Making the definition of student dependents more inclusive |
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Before 1 April 2025 |
From 1 April 2025 |
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Our student dependent definition does not extend to those students who are completing a traineeship. |
We have updated the definition of a student dependent to now include trainees. This means more young adults can stay covered under their family’s policy while they study or train. |
No excess for dependents up to 21 years of age |
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Before 1 April 2025 |
From 1 April 2025 |
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We waive your hospital excess (if you have one) for dependents up to the age of 12. |
To reduce out-of-pocket costs children need hospital treatment, we have extended the hospital excess waiver from 12 to 21 years of age. This change will apply to all hospital products. |