Most useful information for Medicare

1. Reciprocal Health Care Agreements
2. When you visit Australia

Reciprocal Health Care Agreements - visiting from the United Kingdom

If you’re visiting Australia from the United Kingdom you may be eligible for medical care under Medicare while you’re here.

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.

1. Medicare Entitlement Statement
2. How to get one

After you apply for a Medicare Entitlement Statement

We’ll process your application. It may take up to 8 weeks to process your application if you apply between July and November.

Severe financial hardship for Crisis Payment

For the purposes of Crisis Payment, you’re in severe financial hardship if you meet certain criteria.

1. Top payments
2. Pensioner Concession Card

Who can get a Pensioner Concession Card

We'll automatically send you a Pensioner Concession Card if you get certain payments from us.

Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment

How to prove who you are in person at a service centre.

1. When you spend a lot on PBS medicines
2. PBS Safety Net thresholds

How to reach the threshold sooner as a family

If you combine your family’s PBS amounts, you may reach the threshold sooner.

1. Growing up
2. Most useful information

Authorising a person or organisation to enquire or act on your behalf form (SS313)

Use this form to authorise a person or organisation in Australia to be your nominee so they can enquire or act on your behalf with Centrelink.

1. Natural disaster
2. Most useful information

Crisis and other help

We can help if you’re in severe financial hardship, recovering from a disaster, or need special assistance.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Most useful information

Medicare enrolment form (MS004)

Use this form to enrol in Medicare for the first time, re-enrol in Medicare or enrol your baby in Medicare.