Most useful information for Medicare

1. Health and disability
2. Medicare

How to claim a Medicare benefit

Help with medical costs and bulk billing. How Medicare works with tax and private health insurance.

1. Medicare
2. How to claim

Medicare claims

Find out the different ways you can make a Medicare claim after you’ve paid your doctor.

1. How to enrol
2. Enrolling in Medicare

Enrolling in Medicare if you’re an Australian permanent resident

To enrol as an Australian resident you need to have a permanent resident visa or have applied for one.

1. Help for myGov, online accounts and mobile apps
2. Medicare online help guides

Medicare online account help - Add someone to your Medicare card

Instructions on how to add someone 15 or older to your Medicare card using your Medicare online account.

1. Acting arrangements for Medicare
2. Acting for someone

Set up or cancel a Medicare acting arrangement

How you set up a Medicare acting arrangement depends on what type it is. You can cancel an acting arrangement by calling us.

1. What's covered
2. Who's covered by Medicare

Children's health care covered by Medicare

We cover some or all of your child’s health care costs.

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.

1. Top payments
2. Medicare card

Get a new Medicare card if it expires or is lost, stolen or damaged

You can get a new Medicare card if it expires or is lost, stolen or damaged. You can also get an extra card.

1. Health and disability
2. Medicare

How to enrol in Medicare

How to enrol and get started in Medicare.

1. Medicare self service
2. Medicare online account

Register for MyMedicare

You can register for MyMedicare using your online account or with your general practitioner. You can change or withdraw at any time.