Most useful information for Medicare

1. Medicare
2. How to claim

Private health insurance and Medicare

Private health insurance may help to cover some health care costs that we don’t.

1. Health and disability
2. Medicare

What's covered by Medicare

Help with the costs of seeing a doctor, getting medicines and accessing mental health care.

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. Medicare Safety Nets
2. How they work

Concessional families for Medicare Safety Net

If you’re registered as a Medicare Safety Net family, you may be eligible as a Concessional Safety Net family.

Proving your identity in person for a Centrelink payment

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

Severe financial hardship for Crisis Payment

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

1. Low Income Health Care Card
2. Who can get a card

Income test for the Low Income Health Care Card

To get a Low Income Health Care Card your income must be under the limit.

1. Top payments
2. 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.

1. Top payments
2. Low Income Health Care Card

Who can get a Low Income Health Care Card

To get a Low Income Health Care Card your income needs to be below the income test limit.

1. Child Dental Benefits Schedule
2. Who can get it

Eligibility checks for Child Dental Benefits Schedule

How to know if your child can get CDBS this year.