Covid-19 payday for Aussie health fund members Excess profits from the Covid-19 surgery ban will be returned to a million members of a major Australian health fund. Business by Sue Dunlevy Premium Content Subscriber only Exclusive: Excess profits from the Covid-19 surgery ban will be returned to a million members of a major Australian health fund from next month. Health fund HBF will give its members cash payments of up to $140 in July as it returns revenue it did not spend as a result of its members using fewer services due to Covid-19. The payout will cost the fund $42 million and it's a move CEO John Van Der Wielen said was "the right thing to do".