Medicare card
You get a Medicare card when you’re enrolled in Medicare. Learn how to get, use and replace your card.
To get this you must meet 1 of the following:
- live in Australia or an Australian dependency island
- visit from certain countries.
Read the full conditions under enrolling in Medicare.
Page last updated: 25 September 2019
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