Reciprocal Health Care Agreements - Medicine costs
Some agreement countries don’t cover the cost of medicine when you travel to them. Others will partly cover the cost of prescribed medicine.
Eligibility for Family Tax Benefit Part A Medicare Safety Net threshold
If you get Family Tax Benefit Part A you’re eligible for the FTB Part A Medicare Safety Net threshold.
Benefits of a Low Income Health Care Card
You and your dependent child can get benefits if you have a Low Income Health Care Card.
Immunisation medical exemptions
You may be able to get an exemption from having a vaccine if there is a valid medical reason.
Exemptions from the newly arrived resident's waiting period
After you arrive in Australia, there can be a waiting period to get some of our payments and concessions. Find out if you may not have to wait this period.
Getting a refund when you don’t have your cards
You can still claim a refund from us for your PBS medicine if you don’t have your Medicare or concession cards.
Posting PBS medicine overseas
You can’t legally send some PBS medicines overseas.
Running out of PBS medicines when overseas
Find out what your options are if you run out of your PBS medicine when overseas
Travelling with medicines that are prohibited exports
Some PBS medicines may be a prohibited export under customs regulations.
Your compensation payer’s responsibility for Medicare compensation recovery
When you make a compensation claim for an injury or illness, there are things the compensation payer must tell us.