Peoplecare offers both hospital and extras cover that provides benefits for weight loss programs. We're here to support Australians achieve a healthy lifestyle.
Weight loss program on selected Peoplecare Hospital covers
Peoplecare provides benefits for a weight loss program on selected Hospital covers, called
Healthy Weight for Life. This program is for members who have an underlying risk factor or diagnosed health condition.
The program covers three major health conditions and associated risk factors:
- Heart disease
- Type 2 diabetes
- Osteoarthritis
This weight loss program has a 2 month waiting period and you must have served your waits and meet the eligibility criteria to enrol in the program. Click on the tiles below for more information.
Weight loss programs on our Extras cover
Peoplecare offers cover that provides benefits for weight loss under health management programs. We're here to support Australians achieve a healthy lifestyle and provide benefits on a number of approved weight management programs listed below:
Approved weight loss program providers:*
We pay benefits towards membership fees only (no benefits for food or shakes)
- Weight Watchers
- Weight Watchers Digital
- Jenny Craig
- Tony Ferguson weight loss program
- Lite n Easy (membership and/or dietician consultation only)
- CSIRO Total Wellbeing Diet
To find out if a program you’re doing is eligible for benefits, call us on 1800 808 690. To claim these benefits, you'll need to fill in a Declaration of condition form.
*These providers are correct as of September 2023 and are subject to change without notice. Please give us a call if you would like to know more.
We can only pay benefits for health management programs if it is part of a plan provided by your GP or other healthcare professional. Please note: pregnancy isn’t considered a medical condition. For more information, download our Having a baby fact sheet.
