Most useful information for Medicare

1. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
2. How to manage your PBS medicine overseas

Running out of PBS medicines when overseas

Find out what your options are if you run out of your PBS medicine when overseas

1. Top payments
2. External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program

How to claim External Breast Prosthesis Reimbursement Program

Complete the following steps to claim a reimbursement after you've purchased your external prosthesis. Before you start, check if you can get it.

1. Top payments
2. Child Dental Benefits Schedule

What’s covered by the Child Dental Benefits Schedule

Find out what child dental services we cover and how much we cover.

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

Reciprocal Health Care Agreements - visiting from Sweden

If you’re visiting Australia from Sweden, you may be eligible for medical care under Medicare while you’re here.

1. Top payments
2. Medicare Entitlement Statement

What is a Medicare Entitlement Statement

A Medicare Entitlement Statement (MES) tells you the period during a financial year that you weren’t eligible for Medicare.

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.

1. Top payments
2. Medicare Entitlement Statement

How to get a Medicare Entitlement Statement

To get a Medicare Entitlement Statement (MES) you need to apply from 1 July each year.

1. When Australians go overseas
2. About reciprocal health care agreements

Reciprocal Health Care Agreement - visiting the United Kingdom

The Reciprocal Health Care Agreement (RHCA) we have with the United Kingdom (UK) may cover some of your medical costs in the UK public health system.

Proving your identity online for Centrelink

How to prove who you are to Centrelink online.

1. When Australians go overseas
2. About reciprocal health care agreements

Reciprocal Health Care Agreement - visiting Italy

The Reciprocal Health Care Agreement (RHCA) we have with Italy may cover some of your medical costs in the Italian public health system.