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Clarifying the Pre-Existing Condition Rule with a Private Health Fund
Insurance Consultant (speaking English) and Client (speaking Mandarin) talk through “Clarifying the Pre-Existing Condition Rule with a Private Health Fund”. You interpret both ways — English into Mandarin, and Mandarin into English — one segment at a time, exactly as in the CCL test.
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Mr Chen, you mentioned you'd like to claim for your knee surgery through your health fund. Can you tell me when you joined the fund and when the condition was diagnosed?
我是去年三月在悉尼加入这家私人医保公司的，到现在已经一年多了。膝盖的问题是六个月前才确诊的，所以应该是在我加入保险之后才发现的。
Thank you. I should clarify—the pre-existing condition rule isn't based on the diagnosis date. It depends on whether signs or symptoms existed before you joined, as judged by a fund-appointed doctor.
这样啊，那如果六个月前才确诊，怎么会跟加入之前的症状有关系呢？
Good question. Even if diagnosed later, if you had knee pain or symptoms before March last year, the fund may still classify it as pre-existing and apply the waiting period.
明白了。那我需要提供什么证明来说明我之前没有症状呢？
Please ask your GP for a written letter confirming there were no knee symptoms before you joined the fund last March. That will support your claim.
好的，我这周就去找我的家庭医生开这份证明，我确定之前完全没有膝盖不适。
If the doctor confirms no prior symptoms, the twelve-month waiting period won't apply, and your claim can proceed normally.
太好了。那这个审核大概需要多长时间呢？
Assessment usually takes about two weeks once we receive your GP letter and medical records. Please upload them through the health fund's member portal.
好的，我这就去准备材料。不过我还没收到会员门户的登录信息，我待会自己打电话问客服，应该很快能解决。
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