- Reciprocal Health Care Agreements
- When you visit Australia
Reciprocal Health Care Agreements - visiting from Italy
If you’re visiting Australia from Italy, you may be eligible for medical care under Medicare for a period of 6 months while you’re here.
- Top payments
- Low Income Health Care Card
How to claim a Low Income Health Care Card
Complete the following steps to claim a Low Income Health Care Card. Before you start, check if you can get it.
- Top payments
- Health Care Card
How to manage your Health Care Card
Your options and obligations to hold a Health Care Card.
- Pensioner Concession Card
- Who can get a card
Pensioner Concession Card for non-pensioners - 9 October 2017
We may have cancelled your pension payment on 1 January 2017 because of changes to the pension assets test.
Replace a lost or stolen Pensioner Concession Card or Health Care Card
If your Pensioner Concession Card or Health Care Card is lost, stolen or ruined, we can post you a new card if you need one.
- When Australians go overseas
- About reciprocal health care agreements
Reciprocal Health Care Agreement - visiting Norway
The Reciprocal Health Care Agreement (RHCA) we have with Norway may cover some of your medical costs in Norway’s public health system.
- When you spend a lot on PBS medicines
- PBS Safety Net Card application
How to get a replacement or supplementary card
How to get a replacement PBS Safety Net card or an extra card for a family member.
- When you spend a lot on PBS medicines
- 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.
- Reciprocal Health Care Agreements
- When Australians go overseas
Reciprocal Health Care Agreements - Medicine costs
Some agreement countries don’t cover the cost of medicine when you travel to them. Others will partly cover the cost of prescribed medicine.
- 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.