Most useful information for seeking medical help

1. Top payments
2. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme

Who can get disaster health care assistance

If you’re an Australian resident, you may be able to get help with reasonable health related out of pocket costs.

1. Top payments
2. Disaster Health Care Assistance Scheme

What disaster health care assistance covers

Under the scheme, we can help you with reasonable out of pocket costs for health care you get in Australia.

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. 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. Social work services

How our social work services can help

We can help if you need to turn to someone for support.

1. Medicare
2. What's covered

Screening, tests and scans covered by Medicare

You may be able to access preventive cancer screening programs. We can also help with the cost of a range of tests and scans.

1. Medicare
2. What's covered

Other Medicare support

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

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

Medicare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians

Find out how to get started with Medicare and how to get help with the cost of medicine.