Medicare
Medicare delivers a range of health related payments and services, ensuring that all Australians have access to free or low-cost medical, optometry and hospital care.
Medicare
Medicare delivers a range of health related payments and services, ensuring that all Australians have access to free or low-cost medical, optometry and hospital care.
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You may be able to register for the Medicare Safety Net and receive extra payments if your out-of-hospital expenses exceed a particular threshold in a calendar year.
Medicare also administers the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (PBS), the Australian Childhood Immunisation Register, Australian Organ Donor Register and the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program (NBCSP).
Phone
132 011 (local call rates in Australia, mobile calls at mobile rates)