What is a suspension?
Suspension is a jargon-term used by some cryonicists to mean cryopreservation. A cryonics patient is not buoyant enough to be “suspended” in liquid nitrogen. Cryopreservation may someday be perfected and become suspended animation, but the term is currently inappropriate. Many cryonicists prefer the word cryopreservation because this term is not cryonics-jargon and its meaning is clearer to the uninitiated.
Most health funds allow their members to suspend their private health insurance in certain circumstances, eg. when going overseas. However, suspension rules vary between private health funds in relation to the length of time allowed and the grounds for granting the suspension. While your cover is suspended, you will remain a member of the health fund and you will not be required to pay premiums. However, you will not be covered during the period that your membership is suspended. This means that you cannot claim any benefits in the period that your cover is suspended. If a health fund agrees to grant you a period of suspension, you will not be required to serve further waiting periods or pre-existing ailment waiting periods (except where any waiting periods or pre-existing ailment waiting periods were not completed at the time of the suspension), provided you resume your premium payments at the end of the agreed suspension period. If you are unable to suspend your membership, you may b
