About reciprocal health care agreements
These are agreements with some countries where visitors can get publicly funded medically necessary care.
Countries we have an agreement with
We have agreements with:
- Belgium
- Finland
- Italy
- Malta
- the Netherlands
- New Zealand
- Norway
- the Republic of Ireland
- Slovenia
- Sweden
- the United Kingdom.
If you live in Australia
You can get help with costs for medically necessary care when you visit any of those countries.
This includes:
- emergency care
- care for an illness or injury that can’t wait till you get home.
You still need to get your own travel health insurance.
Page last updated: 5 September 2019
This information was printed 10 July 2020 from https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/services/medicare/reciprocal-health-care-agreements/when-australians-go-overseas/about-reciprocal-health-care-agreements. It may not include all of the relevant information on this topic. Please consider any relevant site notices at https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/site-notices when using this material.