Most useful information for Medicare

1. Low Income Health Care Card
2. Who can get a card

Income test for the Low Income Health Care Card

To get a Low Income Health Care Card your income must be under the limit.

How to prove your identity with Centrelink

You need to prove your identity before you claim a payment or service.

1. Low Income Health Care Card
2. Who can get a card

Benefits of a Low Income Health Care Card

You and your dependent child can get benefits if you have a Low Income Health Care Card.

1. Prove your identity
2. Proving your identity online

How to prove your identity to Centrelink through myGov

How to prove who you are to Centrelink through myGov using the Centrelink identity verification linking option.

1. Health Care Card
2. Who needs to apply

Renewing a Health Care Card

If you’re still eligible to get a health care card, we’ll issue you a new card before the current one ends. You don’t need to do anything.

Proving your identity online for Centrelink

How to prove who you are to Centrelink online.

Access to information

Providing you a number of ways to access documents and the information we have.

1. Top payments
2. Australian Immunisation Register

How to update your personal details so your details are correct on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR)

How to control who sees your record on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) and getting letters about your record.

1. Top payments
2. Australian Immunisation Register

What an immunisation history statement is

You can get 2 types of immunisation history statements.

1. Top payments
2. Australian Government rebate on Private Health Insurance

Who can get a rebate on private health insurance

If you or your family pay private health insurance premiums, you may be eligible for the Australian Government Rebate.