Most useful information for Medicare

1. Growing up
2. Most useful information

Australian Organ Donor Register form (NH007DF)

Use this form to register, change, or remove your donation decision on the Australian Organ Donor Register.

1. Recently unemployed
2. Most useful information

Employment Separation Certificate form (SU001)

You can ask your previous employer to use this form to certify important employment information about you.

1. Health Care Card
2. Who needs to apply

Renewing a Health Care Card

If you’re still eligible to get a health care card, we’ll issue you a new card before the current one ends. You don’t need to do anything.

Supporting documents for your Centrelink claim

When you claim a payment or service, we’ll ask you for some documents to support your claim.

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. Low Income Health Care Card
2. How to manage your card

Renewing a Low Income Health Care Card

You need to renew your Low Income Health Care Card.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Most useful information

Review of a Medicare Decision form (HW051)

Use this form to ask for a review of a decision about your Medicare debts including dental benefit, Pharmaceutical Benefit and related payments.

Someone to act for you with Medicare, Centrelink, aged care or Child Support

You can ask someone to act for you with Medicare, Centrelink, aged care or Child Support. You can authorise them to speak to us, update your details and get payments for you.

1. Who can get it
2. Residence rules

Newly arrived resident's waiting period

If you’ve recently arrived as a resident in Australia, you may have to wait to get payments or concession cards.

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

What the benefits are of a Health Care Card

A Health Care Card entitles you to cheaper prescription medicines under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme.