Top payments for Medicare

1. Seeking medical help
2. Top payments

Medicare Entitlement Statement

Ask for a Medicare Entitlement Statement (MES) if you’re not eligible for Medicare and want to claim the Medicare levy exemption.

1. Going overseas
2. Top payments

Reciprocal Health Care Agreements

Agreements with 11 countries that covers the cost of medically necessary care when Australians visit certain countries and visitors from these countries visit Australia.

1. Medicare
2. Top payments

Medicare Compensation Recovery

You will need to repay any related Medicare benefits if your compensation claim settles for more than $5,000. This amount includes all costs.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Top payments

Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme

Some prescription medicines can cost a lot of money. The Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS) can lower the cost.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Top payments

Australian Organ Donor Register

The national register where you record your organ and tissue donation decision.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Top payments

Australian Government rebate on Private Health Insurance

A reduction for part of your private health insurance costs based on age and annual earnings.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Top payments

External Breast Prostheses Reimbursement Program

You can get help with the cost of an external breast prosthesis, or swimming prosthesis, after cancer surgery.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Top payments

Cleft and craniofacial conditions

Medicare benefits to help with treatment costs for cleft and craniofacial conditions.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Top payments

Medicare Voluntary Indigenous Identifier

We will ask you if you want to identify when you apply for our payments or services.

1. Seeking medical help
2. Top payments

Indigenous Access Program

Provides access to Medicare services for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians.