- How to enrol
- Enrolling your baby in Medicare
How you enrol your baby in Medicare if your child is adopted
You can add your child to your Medicare card when the adoption is final.
Immunisation medical contraindication or natural immunity
You may be able to have an immunisation medical contraindication or natural immunity recorded on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) if there is a valid medical reason.
- How to enrol
- Enrolling in Medicare
Enrolling in Medicare if you’re a temporary resident covered by a Ministerial Order
To access Medicare when you’re in Australia, you must meet certain criteria.
- Reciprocal Health Care Agreements
- When Australians go overseas
About reciprocal health care agreements
These are agreements with some countries where visitors can get publicly funded medically necessary care.
- Top payments
- 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.
- Medicare
- What's covered
About Medicare
Medicare is Australia’s universal health care system.
- When Australians go overseas
- About reciprocal health care agreements
Reciprocal Health Care Agreement - visiting Malta
The Reciprocal Health Care Agreement (RHCA) we have with Malta may cover some of your medical costs in Malta’s public health system.
Supporting documents for your Centrelink claim
When you claim a payment or service, we’ll ask you for some documents to support your claim.
- When Australians go overseas
- About reciprocal health care agreements
Reciprocal Health Care Agreement - visiting the Netherlands
The Reciprocal Health Care Agreement (RHCA) we have with the Netherlands may cover some of your medical costs in the Netherlands public health system.
- Reciprocal Health Care Agreements
- When you visit Australia
Reciprocal Health Care Agreements - visiting from New Zealand
If you’re visiting Australia from New Zealand, you may be eligible for medical care under Medicare while you’re here.