Most useful information for seeking medical help

1. Top payments
2. Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

When you spend a lot on PBS medicines

If you spend a lot on PBS medicines, the PBS Safety Net can reduce your costs.

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2. Medicare Compensation Recovery

What you need to do for Medicare compensation recovery

You may need to complete certain actions before or after your claim reaches judgment or settlement.

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2. Australian Immunisation Register

How to update your personal details so your details are correct on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR)

How to control who sees your record on the Australian Immunisation Register (AIR) and getting letters about your record.

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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.

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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. 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. 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.