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About Medicare Australia:
Medicare Australia is an Australian government agency and plays an integral role in the Australian health sector. Its objective is to assist in improving health outcomes in Australia.
These health programs include:
- Australia's universal health insurance program, Medicare (including the compensation recovery program for Medicare and nursing home benefits)
- Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme
- Australian Government 30% Private Health Insurance Rebate
- Special Assistance Schemes (including Bali 2005 Special Assistance, London Assist, Tsunami Healthcare Assistance Scheme)
- Australian Childhood Immunisation Register
- Australian Organ Donor Register
- General Practice Immunisation Incentives Scheme
- Practice Incentives Program
- Rural Retention Program HECS Reimbursement Scheme and General Practice Registrars' rural Incentive Payments Scheme
- Claims processing and payments for the Department of Veterans' Affairs (including the Repatriation Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme), the Office of Hearing Services and the Department of Western Australia.
- Family Assistance Office in partnership with other Australian government agencies.
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About Medicare:
Medicare is Australia's universal health care system introduced in 1984 to provide eligible Australian residents with affordable, accessible and high-quality health care. Medicare was established based on the understanding that all Australians should contribute to the cost of health care according to their ability to pay. It is financed through progressive income tax and an income-related Medicare levy.
Medicare provides access to:
- free treatment as a public (Medicare) patient in a public hospital, and
- free or subsidised treatment by medical practitioners including general practitioners, specialists, participating optometrists or dentists (for specified services only)
Eligibility:
People who reside in Australia - excluding Norfolk Island - are eligible if they:
- hold Australian citizenship
- have been issued with a permanent visa
- hold New Zealand citizenship
- have applied for a permanent visa (excludes an application for a parent visa)-other requirements apply.
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