Most useful information for seeking medical help

1. Top payments
2. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme

How to claim disaster health care assistance

Complete the following steps to claim disaster health care assistance.

1. Top payments
2. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme

How we pay disaster health care assistance

We’ll deposit your payment straight into your bank account.

1. Top payments
2. Medicare benefit tax statement

Why you can’t get a Medicare benefit tax statement

The Net Medical Expenses Tax Offset is being phased out.

1. Top payments
2. Medicare benefit tax statement

How to claim medical expenses on a Medicare benefit tax statement

Up until 20 June 2019 you can claim your out of pocket expenses for some medical items through the Australian Taxation Office (ATO).

1. Top payments
2. Medicare Entitlement Statement

Who can get a Medicare Entitlement Statement

You can get a Medicare Entitlement Statement (MES) if you weren’t eligible for Medicare for all or part of a financial year.

1. Top payments
2. 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.

1. Top payments
2. Australian Organ Donor Register

Who can be on the Australian Organ Donor Register

You must be 16 or older to register your donation decision for after your death.

1. Medicare
2. What's covered

Other Medicare support

We have a range of programs to help with some specific health care needs.

1. Medicare
2. What's covered

Who's covered by Medicare

Support for families, children, Indigenous Australians, and people living in remote areas.

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

Medicare services for rural and remote Australians

We can help you get health care if you live in a rural or remote area.