Four of Australia’s biggest health insurers are now allowing members to make claims on the spot by tapping their iPhone or Apple Watch on their healthcare practitioners’ HICAPS terminal.

Member cards for Bupa, Medibank, nib and GU health can now be added to the Apple Wallet on iPhones and Apple Watches through the health funds’ apps, allowing them to tap and claim at 20,000 healthcare practices around the country rather than swiping a plastic card.